[Fee]

The left will care about human rights in nations that adopt free market systems and ignore human rights in nations that operate under socialism/communist system. Example, left did not care about Chinese human rights when the PRC was under Mao. They argue that it was a temporary price a nation must go thru in order to modernize and close the gap between the haves and have nots. Ever since the PRC went free market but still under Communist dictatorship, the left became concern about labor, human and environmental issues in the PRC. Just an observation I like to pass on.

[johnqueuepublic]

Interesting point on Mao's China, valid too I think.

[johnqueuepublic]

To some however, like DiFi, its all bottom line and she would be just as happy selling lamps to the Nazis.

[CSM]

"ignore human rights in nations that operate under socialism/communist system."

That is because the left supports and dreams of this as the ideal system. If this is the system that they support, no human rights infractions exist! They detest a free market, in fact the mere existence of a free market is a human rights violation!