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

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: 0, Troll) by Runaway1956 on Thursday June 21 2018, @02:17AM (5 children)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Thursday June 21 2018, @02:17AM (#695949) Journal

    The two words are good words. And, in fact, as a standalone phrase, "social justice" would seem to be a worthy goal. Unfortunately, the SJW's aren't interested in genuine social justice. As a class, they hate hetero Christian white males. They want to advance all other people over those hetero Christian white males, and beat those evil whites into the ground.

    See their actions, forget about their words.

    A bunch of deplorable white people hold a white supremacy rally, and Antifa shows up to start a violent protest. The media takes Antifa's side because WHITE!! There is no real examination of facts, all they care about is white on one side, black on the other, so obviously Antifa is in the right.

    That is what SJW is all about. Beat down the white man.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 21 2018, @06:32AM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 21 2018, @06:32AM (#696060)

    Who you calling white, you fucking Slav! Polacks are not white, they are, well, Slavic, inferior, and the superior race has a right to replace them, in Poland, as well as in parts of Arkanfuckingsaw. Runaway, you race traitor! If only I could punch you in the face myself, as fellow Slav, to make you feel the depth of your betrayal. Oh, and I am sending some Bosniam Muslims to your house. Please give them the proper hospitality, befor they slit your throat and rape your sheep. Shalom, motherfucker!

    • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Thursday June 21 2018, @02:27PM (1 child)

      by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Thursday June 21 2018, @02:27PM (#696193) Journal

      You're right in one instance, Aristarchus. I'm not "white" enough to join any WASP clubs. 100 years ago, my grandpa wasn't white enough to buy property in Hickory Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania.

      But, you're also mistaken. I have very few superiors. If you think you've met one, you should introduce us. I'll figure out very quickly whether he/she is superior.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 21 2018, @05:24PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 21 2018, @05:24PM (#696300)

        Just by the sheer amount of bullshit you spew on here there are a lot of people superior to yourself. At least it seems like you're trying, but so often you regress into blithering RWNJ territory.

  • (Score: 1) by oldmac31310 on Friday June 22 2018, @02:33PM (1 child)

    by oldmac31310 (4521) on Friday June 22 2018, @02:33PM (#696753)

    You are such an arsehole.

    • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Friday June 22 2018, @02:43PM

      by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Friday June 22 2018, @02:43PM (#696756) Journal

      You wasted time telling me that? Of course, I'm the asocial asshole. So - is there any particular part of my post that you find objectionable? Are you capable of making a counterpoint? Please, don't waste your time, or mine, with inanities such as this.