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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 18 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

Russia, Israel and China should all be treated the same.

Sure. The same as America.

Sounds reasonable to me.

[–] Lehmuusa@nord.pub 7 points 48 minutes ago (3 children)

The Russia, Israel and China are all doing their genocides on a scale far bigger than what USA is currently doing.

Therefore, be careful not to make it look like "these don't need to excluded because USA isn't". Perfect is the enemy of good!

But otherwise I do agree: USA has no place in any international sports events as long as its behaving like the ass it's been for at least the past 50 years.

[–] Rat_in_a_hat@lemmy.ca 3 points 30 minutes ago

I'm sure Cuba thinks the blockade on it is totally fine and doesn't constitute a similar crime like Israel withholding aid to Palestinians. Or attacking a sovereign state and kidnapping it's leader. Or attacking a sovereign state and killing multitudes of civilians. And that's just the past year.

I agree Russia, China, Israel bad - but to think the US isn't so fucking far up there with them, not just now but historically, is really not giving enough "credit" where it's due.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 points 2 minutes ago

The Russia, Israel and China are all doing their genocides on a scale far bigger than what USA

American Exceptionalism strikes again.

You've got Americans blowing up hospitals and daycares in Iran, shooting up fishing boats off the coast of Venezuela, sieging Cuba to the point of mass starvation, and facilitating genocides from Libya to Afghanistan. But the pre-programmed western response is "I think the other countries are worse!" That's all that matters. You heard the other guys were worse.

[–] Aceofspades@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 minutes ago

So we can do genocide as long as it's only a little genocide?