Are you familiar with these images? They are real, they are horrifying, they depict action taking place right now in 2022 from a world super power. By action, I mean ethnic cleansing and genocide. Those are Uyghur Muslims being forcibly shaved and put onto cattle cars by the CCP.
Yes, imagery which echoes the holocaust; a govt program built of similar evil. These innocent people are being taken from their homes and families and brought to work camps where they will be enslaved, beaten and "reeducated". If successful, they'll be returned. If not, murdered.
This isn't denied by anyone. We've had this info and intelligence for a long time. Here is one of the "work camps". 👇 Some eerie imagery, isn't it? It sure as hell should be! And heck, the Chinese govt doesn't really even deny it. They basically own up to cultural genocide.
So why am I bringing this up? Because it reveals an insane hypocrisy and undresses so many of these performative clowns. Yet another stark reality that strips this "The Moral vs. The Monsters"-nonsense bare. 😵💫
Let's take a look at a few examples of this Truman Show absurdity...
Like the German squad in Qatar. "Denying us the armband is the same as denying us a voice! 😭"
So noble of the federation, right? Except when one of their legends spoke up about the Uyghurs, they excommunicated him. It's all empty performative bullshit.
They didn't want any piece of China, those in-your-face horrific human rights violations above. Hell no! China is too important to moralize and bully around. They just want to preen for the cameras like teenage activists...
And then go get worked by Japan, unsurprisingly.
The USMNT isn't any different. We can't read one line about our American squad in Qatar without some former player parading their activism or CNN's trauma-vomit or a whole narrative about our coach and why his t-shirt is so important for human rights. 😵💫
Our entire media sphere covers the World Cup this way. Our Heroes of Human Rights! #Resist 😵💫 None of them have a damn thing to say about China's abuse of the Uyghurs. Empty virtue signaling all the way down. But it's about more than just their narcissism.
And this performative (coercive) bullshit goes well outside of Qatar. Here's another glaring example of the same thing...
Joe Tsai owns the NBA Nets. He's the ring Kyrie must go kiss and "demonstrate understanding" to play ball. He also owns Alibaba. 👇👀
Lebron James is painted as this hero of human rights. From blasting out deranged KKK hatred stuff to threatening cops, he is always a hero. Yet, he turns into Little Bitch James in the face of China, because his pupeteers tell him to.
Consider this 🧵👇
And look, I'm not saying LBJ has an obligation to defend Uyghurs or the German side can't pose like idiots while Harry Kane takes a knee to "End racism😵💫". What I'm saying is, when all of these entities work hand-in-hand with China to print cash, the Moral Warrior plays are empty
🎬🍿 Kaepernick and Nike printed $6 billion together. $6 billion off that Emmy! For comparing the NFL combine to chattel slave auctions. 😵💫 Man, oppression has gone triple and 4-quadruple in America! 🙃
And who is one of Nike's biggest partners? China. 🤦♂️
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