Is it so hard to believe simultaneously (a) that a powerful, authoritarian state entity did a violent, fucked up thing that it doesn’t want people to know about and (b) that western media has a vested interest in making Chinese communism look bad so probably significantly exaggerated parts of their reporting of it? I don’t understand why this causes a whole fight every time. I’d argue most states have done something as terrible, if not more so, so why does this particular event need to be both attacked and defended so heavily?

I’ve always thought of them as the communists who think communists are somehow uniquely immune to the “power corrupts” doctrine

My friend had my favorite take I’ve heard on this: organizing to signal to the Democratic Party that Biden is in political danger because of his support of genocide (as Michigan did this week) is arguably more important than not voting for him in November, in terms of tangible impact on American policy. My personal goal is to put as much pressure on him as possible right now, and then I’ll decide if I’m voting for him later this year based on how he responds.