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[–] PanArab 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

No, my position is any state is authoritarian regardless of the theater that some engage in.

[–] partial_accumen 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Here's a point against your position.

On January 27, 2017, President Trump signed an executive order that banned travel to the United States for 90 days from seven predominantly Muslim countries–Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen–and suspended the resettlement of all Syrian refugees.

I don't believe in discrimination against Muslims. Myself and millions of other Americans voted Trump out at our first opportunity 4 years later.

On January 20, 2021, newly inaugurated president Joe Biden issued a proclamation revoking the Trump travel bans, with the exception of the reverse travel ban prohibiting American citizens from traveling to North Korea.

No such thing would be possible in a "President for Life" authoritarian country.

[–] PanArab 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I would very much rather be banned than be genocided which both are for.

Just so you know, even for-life leaders change their minds.

[–] partial_accumen 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Just so you know, even for-life leaders change their minds.

I covered that already. Yes, you can HOPE for-life leaders change their mind. Good luck with that. How is that going for Muslim Uyghurs Of Xinjiang? Your article is talking about "making room" for China. The conditions the Uyghurs are being subjected to are the room that policy is advocating for. I'd prefer people aren't discriminated against because they are Muslim.