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U.S. Withdraws From United Nations Human Rights Council

posted by janrinok on Wednesday June 20 2018, @06:42PM   Printer-friendly
from the nothing-will-change dept.

takyon writes:

US leaving UN Human Rights Council -- 'a cesspool of political bias'

US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley announced the United States is withdrawing from the UN Human Rights Council Tuesday, accusing the body of bias against US ally Israel and a failure to hold human rights abusers accountable. The move, which the Trump administration has threatened for months, came down one day after the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights slammed the separation of children from their parents at the US-Mexico border as "unconscionable."

Speaking from the State Department, where she was joined by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Haley defended the move to withdraw from the council, saying US calls for reform were not heeded. "Human rights abusers continue to serve on, and be elected to, the council," said Haley, listing US grievances with the body. "The world's most inhumane regimes continue to escape its scrutiny, and the council continues politicizing scapegoating of countries with positive human rights records in an attempt to distract from the abusers in its ranks."

Also at NPR and Bloomberg.

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by digitalaudiorock on Wednesday June 20 2018, @09:50PM (2 children)

    by digitalaudiorock (688) on Wednesday June 20 2018, @09:50PM (#695821) Journal

    I'm don't understand why they think it's an insult.

    My only guess is that there's some sort of "black lives matter" implication in the "social justice" part or the like...shit that only makes "sense" to the nudge-nudge-wink-wink-I'm-bigot-like-you crowd.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 20 2018, @10:09PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 20 2018, @10:09PM (#695828)

    So, it's a race thing? Checks out.

  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 20 2018, @11:52PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 20 2018, @11:52PM (#695876)

    Justice means we treat people the same (hopefully well) without regard to race, sex, ethnicity, etc.

    Social Justice means that, as in Animal Farm, some are "more equal" than others. Social Justice establishes a victimhood ranking. You get treated based on your ranking. It's kind of like the system North Korea uses. People with supposed "privilege" (less ability to claim victimhood) get special perks. Those perks include job interviews, scholarships, promotions, a better progressive stack position, etc.

    For those confused by that last one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_stack [wikipedia.org]

    By being discriminatory, Social Justice breeds resentment. It actually cases hatred toward the favored people. It is fundamentally divisive.