It’s really pathetic how people keep bringing up American history, as it’s not only history, but also a lame excuse. The US isn’t the only one objecting to China’s human rights violations, and today an unspeakable amount of Americans do realize that the way early settlers treated natives was anything but proper. Additionally, America is a melting pot, a lot of people in the US aren’t even related to the early settlers. More importantly, China’s violations are current events, not historic ones.
In short, what many people fail to realize is that even though the past is full of wrong-doings, it’s still the past, you can’t change that. But this is in the present, and we know better, so why not do something about it now? Granted, saying the past is the past is rather frank, but it’s the truth. You can’t simply justify these actions by citing history and/or pointing out the saying “history repeats itself,” because it doesn’t have to happen that way, and it shouldn’t.
If we, the humans, couldn’t tell that such acts were wrong before, we can at least tell now from experience. It’s a bittersweet fact to both endure and indulge in, but being persistent in ignoring past lessons does nothing but feed the fire, bringing it one step closer to consuming us all before burning us and leaving behind nothing but a trail of soot.
Too many people fully confide in their sources, allowing no room for outside opinion. Even though this is a constant factor, the recent attention being paid towards China has done nothing but amplify the static of irrationality, illegitimacy, egocentricity and utter bias, drowning out the voice of reason and equality.
The whole concept of claiming land is both ridiculous and preposterous by itself, let alone having human rights violations attached.