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Putting ethnic minorities in concentration camps is an early-Holocaust atrocity today.

> Putting ethnic minorities in concentration camps is an early-Holocaust atrocity today.

Yep. But maybe we should fix Guantanamo first

Or maybe it's just a Japanese-internment level atrocity.

It’s never a good sign to need to split hairs over which caliber atrocity is being committed. That being said, separating children from families is genocide according to the Rome statute, so this pretty high up on the list.

I don't mean to minimize any atrocity. But it is interesting to note that some of the strongest opponents of Chinese behavior have done similar things in the past, and perhaps even through the current day.

This is utterly unhelpful whataboutism. The japanese internment is not ongoing, is broadly recognized as an atrocity, and has been formally apologized for by the governments involved.

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Liberties_Act_of_1988

- https://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/1988-government-apologizes...

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