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[–] CharmOffensive@lemm.ee 1 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

You're splitting hairs here for the sake of winning an argument. There's no practical difference between cruelty and torture to the people suffering it. "Oh and don't worry about it, because it's only hundreds, not thousands in this particular ~~torture~~ cruelty facility".

And as far as genocide goes, you're moving the goal posts here, but if we're playing that game, the native Americans might have something to say about that.

I mean, going back to the original argument here, my overarching point is really that people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones and the US's track record of authoritarianism and human rights abuses is comparable enough to make them just as untrustworthy at the most and certainly not in any position to criticise a state who is trying to manage billions of people at the least.