{"id":1444154,"date":"2022-04-18T13:59:43","date_gmt":"2022-04-18T17:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1444154"},"modified":"2022-04-18T14:00:19","modified_gmt":"2022-04-18T18:00:19","slug":"virtue-signaling-elites-who-dont-value-chinas-abuses-dont-really-value-human-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/virtue-signaling-elites-who-dont-value-chinas-abuses-dont-really-value-human-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"Virtue-Signaling Elites Who Don\u2019t VALUE China\u2019s Abuses Don\u2019t Really VALUE Human Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fvirtue-signaling-elites-who-dont-value-chinas-abuses-dont-really-value-human-rights%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1444154&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Picture1-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Since Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine began nearly two months ago, American elites have taken the concept of virtue signaling to a whole new level. <\/p>\n<p>Whether it\u2019s comedian Amy Schumer\u2019s ill-fated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/films\/news\/oscars-2022-zelensky-amy-schumer-b2040219.html\">attempt<\/a> to book Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky for an appearance at the Oscars or House Speaker Nancy Pelosi\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/is-this-a-prank-nancy-pelosi-reads-poem-by-bono-to-comfort-afflicted-ukrainians-leaving-everybody-bewildered\">bizarre performance<\/a> of a Ukraine-inspired poem on St. Patrick\u2019s Day, the idolatry of Zelensky and his country is in a league of its own. While this isn\u2019t to say Russia\u2019s violent acts aren\u2019t grotesque, the purported concern for human rights among America\u2019s ruling class remains weightless given their silence over another atrocity taking place on the opposite side of the world. <\/p>\n<p>In China, the country\u2019s ruling Communist Party (CCP) is engaged in a brazen assault on the natural rights of its civilian population. Following a reported rise of coronavirus cases in the city of Shanghai, the communist government has been pursuing a strict \u201cCovid zero\u201d policy, in which state authorities seek to contain and eliminate all cases of the respiratory virus. To accomplish this unrealistic goal, the CCP has shut down its largest city, with police forcing citizens to remain locked inside their homes against their will. <\/p>\n<p>Such a policy has led to immense suffering among Shanghai residents, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/anger-over-covid-lockdowns-mounts-in-shanghai-11650039314\">reports<\/a> indicate that \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/shanghai-in-lockdown-struggles-to-feed-itself-11649353336?mod=article_inline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">food shortages<\/a>, lack of access to medical care,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/shanghai-womans-16-hour-bus-ride-into-quarantine-my-only-wish-is-to-leave-this-place-alive-11649131637?mod=article_inline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">overcrowded quarantine centers<\/a>,\u201d\u00a0and incidents of\u00a0\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/in-shanghai-strict-covid-rules-separate-children-from-parents-11648961849?mod=article_inline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">infants [being] separated from their parents<\/a>\u201d are becoming widespread across the city. Citizens who demonstrate opposition to their government\u2019s Covid approach face immediate detainment, with numerous videos showing state police harshly arresting individuals for noncompliance.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Shanghai, multiple other Chinese localities have begun to increase restrictions in anticipation of rising cases, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/china\/shanghai-reports-more-symptomatic-covid-cases-more-lockdowns-imposed-2022-04-16\/\">including<\/a> the Zhengzhou Airport Economic Zone, Xian, and Suzhou.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"CprzSrkP7R4H2pD7gB1CRtoq6xPdFUsJNvdqwMGVAt8u8FOK0ghmajEyvHAZ6wLWQf2loa9DYf3cbZGLniB0IecbS5\"><\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<p><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Despite such barbaric acts, American elites have opted for silence when it comes to criticizing the CCP over the societal shutdown. While corporations such as The Walt Disney Company were quick to offer condemnation of the Ukraine invasion and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2022\/02\/28\/disney-pauses-theatrical-releases-in-russia-condemns-invasion-of-ukraine.html\">halt all theatrical film releases<\/a> in Russia, the entertainment company <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/04\/05\/disneys-obsession-with-grooming-children-is-nothing-new-but-their-openness-about-it-is\/\">infatuated with grooming children<\/a> has yet to criticize the Chinese government for starving its own people. Hollywood is known for <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2022\/film\/news\/fantastic-beasts-3-gay-dialogue-removed-warner-bros-explains-1235230373\/\">caving<\/a> to China\u2019s content demands.<\/p>\n<p>The move from Disney is unsurprising, given that the company <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Entertainment\/wireStory\/disney-criticized-filming-mulan-chinas-xinjiang-72896528\">filmed<\/a> its live-action \u201cMulan\u201d reboot in China\u2019s Xinjiang region, where the CCP is currently holding an estimated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/CHINA-INCLUSIVE-2018-INTERNATIONAL-RELIGIOUS-FREEDOM-REPORT.pdf\">2 million<\/a> Uyghur Muslims in internment camps. In the end credits for the movie, Disney thanked multiple CCP propaganda departments in the region, evoking the ire of human rights activists and organizations.<\/p>\n<p>In the political world, the willingness to turn a blind eye to China\u2019s inhumane behavior is very much the same. Among the standouts is Democrat California Rep. Eric Swalwell, whose <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepSwalwell\">Twitter feed<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AliciaOnMSNBC\/status\/1510758036553535497?s=20&#038;t=BZS9Y5aEoNmGwcIC-qselA\">media appearances<\/a> include <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepSwalwell\/status\/1510336066657697801?s=20&#038;t=BZS9Y5aEoNmGwcIC-qselA\">numerous examples<\/a> of outcry over the Russian onslaught of Ukraine, but contain no mention of the CCP\u2019s brutal treatment of Chinese civilians. Also noticeably quiet on China\u2019s abuses is Sen. Mitt Romney. While the Utah Republican has time to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MittRomney\">tweet<\/a> about the Russia-Ukraine conflict, he\u2019s apparently too busy to recognize the suffering of the Chinese people.<\/p>\n<p>Put simply, the choice among America\u2019s ruling class to remain silent over the human rights abuses in China has nothing to do with ignorance and everything to do with agreement. It\u2019s not that our elites aren\u2019t aware of what\u2019s happening in China, it\u2019s that they either don\u2019t care or actively support the lockdown policies of the CCP. Just as these same entities and institutions sat idle while our Canadian neighbors to the north <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/02\/17\/trudeau-does-not-want-to-end-the-protests-peacefully-he-wants-violence\/\">peacefully demonstrated<\/a> against their government\u2019s authoritarian Covid mandates, they will continue to do the same with respect to Shanghai. <\/p>\n<p>No matter the amount of pain or anguish caused, the elitist belief that government is the answer to every societal problem will continue to persist, leaving millions to suffer in its wake.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p>\n  Shawn Fleetwood is an intern at The Federalist and a senior at the University of Mary Washington. He also serves as a state content writer for Convention of States Action and his work has been featured in numerous outlets, including RealClearPolitics, RealClearHealth, and Conservative Review. Follow him on Twitter @ShawnFleetwood<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine began nearly two months ago, American elites have taken the concept of virtue signaling to a whole new level. Whether it\u2019s comedian Amy Schumer\u2019s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":539,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1444154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1444154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/539"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1444154"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1444154\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1444154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1444154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1444154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}