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Backlash as US billionaire dismisses Uyghur abuse
BBC World News ^ | Jan 18, 2022 | BBC

Posted on 01/18/2022 6:36:07 PM PST by LeoWindhorse

Billionaire investor Chamath Palihapitiya is under fire for saying that he - and most Americans - "don't care" about abuses against the Uyghur minority in China.

Mr Palihapitiya, a part-owner of San Francisco's basketball team, made the comments during a podcast discussion of whether President Joe Biden's action on the issue had helped him politically.

The remarks drew social media backlash.

Mr Palihapitiya later admitted that his comments "lacked empathy".

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: Canada; News/Current Events; US: California
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1 posted on 01/18/2022 6:36:07 PM PST by LeoWindhorse
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To: LeoWindhorse

Hindus don’t give a s___ about Muslims. But they do like to s___ outdoors.


2 posted on 01/18/2022 6:38:28 PM PST by who_would_fardels_bear (This is not a tagline.)
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To: LeoWindhorse

I’m reminded of that old quote: “In times of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”

It’s not like the guy is telling some sort of outrageous lie. “Uyghur Genocide” elicits pretty much the same, collective yawn from most people in the western world as terms such as “Armenian Genocide”, “Occupied Northern Cyprus”, or “Holodomor” do.

That’s assuming those terms even make it past the: “huh?” reaction from even more folks.


3 posted on 01/18/2022 6:39:57 PM PST by Kriggerel ("All great truths are hard and bitter, but lies... are sweeter than wild honey" (Ragnar Redbeard))
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To: LeoWindhorse

Most American don’t care what China is doing or they wouldn’t keep buying so much from there and letting them buy up our businesses and farmland.


4 posted on 01/18/2022 6:41:12 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin ( (Natural born citizens are born here of citizen parents)(Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: LeoWindhorse

Waiting for Muslims to give a rat’s butt about the Uyghurs


5 posted on 01/18/2022 6:43:35 PM PST by JonPreston (Q: Never have so many, been so wrong, so often)
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To: LeoWindhorse
The Davos personality.

The attitude of this billionaire to the plight of ordinary people exemplifies that of the entirety of the those who would be our global masters. Satraps of a heartless global technocracy; overlords the helpless masses.

6 posted on 01/18/2022 6:45:57 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: LeoWindhorse

We have plenty of problems here in the ‘good old USA’ without worrying about people 10000 miles away.


7 posted on 01/18/2022 6:47:11 PM PST by Parmy
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To: LeoWindhorse

What a disgusting human being. Money doesn’t mask the fact that this man is filth.


8 posted on 01/18/2022 6:47:56 PM PST by McGavin999 (To shut down the border tell the administration the cartel is smuggling Ivermectin )
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To: LeoWindhorse

This may be interesting. He must have a pile of f*** y** money about a mile high, so I’m not sure I expect to see him humbled on this. A mere mortal whose finances could be pressured would be groveling. But this guy can afford to take a pass.


9 posted on 01/18/2022 6:54:58 PM PST by Wally_Kalbacken
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Maybe if the uyghurs had a ribbon that people could wear.

Just kidding. There’s misery all over the world. What do they want from us? A hashtag? Bumpersticker?


10 posted on 01/18/2022 6:57:09 PM PST by americas.best.days... ( Donald John Trump has pulled the sword from the stone.)
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To: LeoWindhorse

Why should the West care when none of the muzzie nations give a falafel.

Falafel them all.


11 posted on 01/18/2022 7:31:32 PM PST by 353FMG
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To: LeoWindhorse
Mr Palihapitiya later admitted that his comments "lacked empathy".

Gee. Ya think?

12 posted on 01/18/2022 7:35:43 PM PST by gitmo (If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is it?)
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I take offense of BBC mischaracterizing this guy as “ an American billionaire’
He is an India-born wog , immigrant to CANADA , and vastly more wealthy than he ever should have been able to become. He is in no way an American, in any way, shape, or heritage.
Like many arrogant upper-caste Hindus , a total snotty prick.
I actually would love to see China and India go at it and thin both places out substantially. It would be doing the world a huge favor. Soon! Before they all migrate over here....


13 posted on 01/18/2022 7:45:07 PM PST by LeoWindhorse
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To: LeoWindhorse

When commies kill muslims I’m content to worry about Ukraine and Taiwan.


14 posted on 01/18/2022 8:02:06 PM PST by MercyFlush (DANGER: You are being conditioned to view your freedom as selfish)
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To: LeoWindhorse

Fact: the Uyughur’s are Muslim Islamists. Yes, they are persecuted by China. Somewhat like they do Christians.

Turkey imported many of them into the Middle East. Implanted them into conquered Kurdish areas in Syria. Trying to erase any trace of Kurds.


15 posted on 01/18/2022 8:06:55 PM PST by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: LeoWindhorse

Yes we should care about them being exterminated, so they can focus on exterminating us! To quote their god “It is Allahs will!,


16 posted on 01/18/2022 8:42:14 PM PST by The MAGA-Deplorian ( 2022 - VOTE THE BUMS OUT —— ALL OF THEM! RE-ELECT NO ONE!!)
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To: MercyFlush

Free Tibet


17 posted on 01/18/2022 8:43:19 PM PST by LeoWindhorse
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To: who_would_fardels_bear

“Hindus don’t give a s___ about Muslims. But they do like to s___ outdoors.”

I saw an hour-long documentary on this very problem in India and it’s being remedied one Village at a time.


18 posted on 01/18/2022 9:04:34 PM PST by Clutch Martin (The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.)
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To: LeoWindhorse

Free Tibet from Communist China.


19 posted on 01/19/2022 7:33:39 AM PST by MercyFlush (DANGER: You are being conditioned to view your freedom as selfish)
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To: 353FMG

Really?!?


20 posted on 01/19/2022 7:54:25 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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