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Do you think that the issues deserve the same attention, or are you perhaps making a false equivalence?

As far as I’m aware, children aren’t being shot in the head and forcibly starved by an occupying force in Cuba. But to say that folks don’t care is clearly inaccurate.

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I am making the fairly obvious point that Americans don't care about the Cubans like they did the Palestinians, despite the fact that the Cubans are directly suffering under the Americans, and in the case of the Palestinians it was indirect.

thinking that those two things need the same level of attention is for sure a false equivalence for reasons stated elsewhere. glad we got to the bottom of that one. further, we also saw that Americans do care, which is why we had elected officials there last month and can read about it through AP.

Straw man.

yawn. go troll elsewhere.

Ad hominem.

It is not really indirect, USA supports that genocide openly, polically and with arms.

But even more importantly, the care is result of years and years of leftist activism. Nothing to do with china, judt that awarness dont happen overnight.

Yours "if you are not active in absolutely everything, any action is invalid" is just a bad faith nonsense.

I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree, my friend.

You have a nice day.

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