Kamala's Nigerian Christian Persecution Problem is a Disqualifier

In July of 2023, Vice President Kamala Harris

condemned a coup attempt in Niger. Her statement summarized by a White House spokesperson reads as follows:

The vice president strongly condemned any efforts to seize power by force in Niger, and emphasized that our substantial cooperation with the government of Niger is contingent on Niger’s continued commitment to democratic standards," the White House said on Thursday(1).

Despite efforts by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the coup ultimately unseated President Mohamed Bazoum and resulted in him being taken hostage by rival forces. Kamala's attempt to quell the sedition was inconsequential, but fast forward to today and this momentary intervention effort could have serious political ramifications for 2024 and beyond.

In 2021, the Biden Administration removed Nigeria from the government's watch list, a move that caused much angst and consternation for numerous international watchdog organizations. In a June 18, 2024 commentary that appeared on the Alliance Defending Freedom International's website, Sean Nelson, Legal Counsel for ADF, underscores the importance of this very crucial policy reversal in his article, Why Nigeria is the Most Dangerous Country in the World for Christians(2):

The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has long recommended that Nigeria be placed on the U.S. government’s watch list of the worst countries in the world for religious freedom. We strongly agree with this recommendation. But the U.S. State Department under the Biden administration removed Nigeria from the government watch list in 2021 without any clear reason.

The decision was outrageous. Certainly, the most dangerous country in the world for Christians should be recognized and designated that way by the U.S. government. These long-suffering Nigerian Christians deserve to have the international community on their side.

Nelson's article and disdain stem from the gruesome realities of Nigeria's extreme sectarian violence. The Islamic aggression against Nigerian Christians has been so horrific that many are understandably calling this Christian genocide. Earlier in his commentary, Nelson makes this crystal clear with alarming data and descriptive first-hand accounts:

But one country in particular, Nigeria, is the most dangerous country in the world for Christians. In 2022, roughly 5,000 Christians were murdered for their faith – more than the number killed in all other countries combined. For 2023, one estimate put the number of Christians targeted and killed in Nigeria at over 7,000.

The severe Christian persecution in Nigeria, particularly in the northern regions, makes it the most dangerous country in the world for Christians. I recently travelled to Nigeria and saw the effects of persecution firsthand. Let me share them with you:

...Churches face discrimination, false accusations, and destruction. In fact, one evangelist named Daniel Kefee was charged with kidnapping for helping a young Christian convert woman find safety. With our support, local allied lawyers were able to free him and win his case.

These facts are horrific, inhumane, and cry out for international attention and action from governments worldwide. In fact, Christian atrocities in Nigeria have been well documented where over 52,000 Nigerian Christians were slaughtered by Islamists from 2009-2022. During this same period, over 18,000 Churches and 2,200 Christian schools were destroyed or damaged by arson(3).

The slaughter of 5000 Christian Nigerians in 2022 is particularly significant because of the Biden decision in 2021 to remove Nigeria from the government's watchlist. This backdrop is critically important because in September 2022 and July 2023, Vice President Harris met with Nigerian Vice President Osinjajo(4) and President Tinubu(5) on two separate occasions. The White House readouts for both meetings identify the key topics discussed as summarized in the following:

• Harris affirmed the enduring strategic partnership between the United States and Nigeria.

• Vice President Harris reiterated the Biden-Harris Administrations commitment to address the global food crisis, noting that the United States has committed more than $7 billion in food security and humanitarian assistance to African countries since last October.

• Free and fair elections in 2023 and a safe electoral process.

• Vice President Harris welcome the Government of Nigeria's recent launch of its Energy Transition Plan.

• Vice President Harris also discussed Nigeria's complex security challenges and affirmed US cooperation to counter terrorism.

• Both leaders discussed the deteriorating security environment in the Sahel and agreed to work together to address terrorism in the region.

• Harris and Tinubu underscored their shared commitment to defending democracy in West Africa and the Sahel and deep concern about the attempted takeover in Niger.

• Public Private partnerships between both countries to increase private sector investment, digital inclusion, women's empowerment, and expand access to clean energy.

• Harris highlighted the deep ties between the United States and Nigeria, including people-to-people connections and the Diaspora.

Between the two meetings, Harris seemingly covered numerous topics of importance to both nations. The list of items covered went from the general to the very specific. What seems to be overlooked or lacking with specific details, unlike some of the other items enumerated above, is the dark cloud of Christian genocide in Nigeria. Whether it was not discussed altogether, vaguely discussed, or addressed off-the-record is unclear, but guilt by indifference and inaction is Kamala's big dilemma and burden to bear given the apparent silence and lack of redress.

Again, compare this to not only Kamala's public statement on the coup in Niger that I highlighted in the opening, but here recently, Vice President Harris explicitly stated the following about the U.S'. role and responsibility in the Israeli-Gaza conflict:

To be empathetic to someone that you’re shooting in the head is not exactly laudable. We don’t need empathy from these people. We need them to stop providing the weapons and the money that is actively killing the people that they’re supposedly empathising with.

If Harris' hands-off approach to discussing Christian genocide in Nigeria during meetings with her Nigerian counterparts is indeed true, which seems to be the case based on official documents and internet news stories, Christians, African Americans, and especially Nigerian Christians should be appalled and offended. This collective deserves and should demand a thorough explanation at the least.

As for Harris, her moral compass needs to be recalibrated as evidenced by her ongoing unresponsiveness and the amount of time that has elapsed since her meetings with Nigerian leaders. Even Harris supporters find her silence and invisibility unacceptable as captured in the WGBH commentary, Kamala Harris has nearly disappeared into the background:

[S]he seems to have disappeared. The president assigned her immigration, but on his first trip to the southern border, she was not there. And while the president’s approval ratings are low, hers have plummeted.

Still, I’m resentful that the volume of Vice President Kamala Harris’ voice — if not silenced — has been turned down to a whisper at a time when the issues facing this country are noisy and raucous. Whether it’s her choice or a decision from on high, diminishing her role is not the way to go.(6)

The Harris supporter's confession is a major blemish to Kamala's political reputation. The writer's comments echo what many already believe about her unsuitability as a Presidential candidate, and the Nigerian account alone is a crippling blow to her POTUS aspirations.

Because of the gravity of this issue, this story should not rest with the media or voters for the remainder of this election cycle. Religious persecution with utterances of genocide is too serious to dismiss or ignore as a topic for the media and for international policy considerations. Given the traumatic realities and facts surrounding Nigerian Christian suffrage, Harris appears incapable of confronting moral crisis and advocating for victims of gross and "systemic" evil without political bias. This indeed smacks of moral failure, political ineptness, and is unbecoming of someone who is the current Vice President aspiring to be elected to the highest office in the land. The following quote from The Hill article in March of this year, Hold Nigeria accountable for its failure to stop internal religious violence by Congressman John Rose (R-Tenn.) and William Roberts, magnifies Kamala's impoverished moral and political rectitude and affirms my position that Kamala has a "Nigerian Christian Persecution Problem":

Even more disturbing are reports of the Nigerian military running an illegal clandestine abortion program in which the freed sex slaves were, many without knowledge they were even pregnant, forced to undergo deadly chemical abortions. Reports estimate that a minimum of 7,000 abortions were performed between 2013 and 2021. The Nigerian authorities view the victims with hostility, and their unborn children — ostensibly the children of Islamist militants — are treated as threats to be eradicated. The Nigerian government has vigorously denied this allegation, although international pressure did lead to an investigation by a Nigerian human rights commission that is unlikely to lead to any accountability(7)

Kevin Clarke's outstanding article, After Christmas attacks on Christians, Nigerian bishops raise concerns of Islamist agenda—and government complicity, not only chronicles the atrocious sectarian conditions in Nigeria, but he also provides a refreshing call to action globally. The quote below is indeed lengthy, but it is too rich informationally to shorten at the risk of losing valuable meaning and context.

Political leaders in the United States could do much more to come to the aid of Nigeria’s Christians, Mr. Koopman says. A House resolution that calls for the appointment of a special envoy for Nigeria and the Lake Chad region has been sponsored by Representative Chris Smith, a New Jersey House Republican. That envoy “would have the authority to call the U.S. government to action, for example by wielding diplomatic leverage or by using economic pressure,” Mr. Koopman says.

Bishop Anagbe endorsed Mr. Smith’s effort in his letter to A.C.N. The resolution, he wrote, should “add pressure on Nigeria’s international partners and the government to address the silent persecution of Christians in our country.

Mr. Smith’s resolution also calls for the State Department to redesignate Nigeria as a “country of particular concern” because of religious freedom violations. Nigeria was dropped from the annual list of nations of concern in 2021, a move deplored by many advocates of religious freedom. And, despite the Christmas attacks and other violent incidents throughout 2023, Nigeria was not included on the 2024 list posted on Jan. 4 by Secretary of State Blinken. But “the utter neglect of the needs and safety of Christians,” Mr. Koopman said, suggests that Nigeria should be included with other states where religious persecution is tolerated or encouraged by governments.

The State Department’s decision was sharply criticized by the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, which called for congressional hearings on the status of Nigeria and India, another nation not designated as a country of concern despite ongoing persecution of minority Muslim and Christian communities.(8)

Vice President Harris needs to answer many questions regarding her role, or the lack thereof, in her failure to address and execute outcome-oriented solutions to empower Nigerian leaders to end the inhumanity carried out by Islamic extremists against Christians. Kevin Clarke's article highlights the kinds of measures that need to be embraced, enacted, and enforced from the White House to Congress to our international partners in order to be effective against systemic evil. Moral indifference and selective outrage are inexcusable and indefensible, especially for someone of Harris' stature, who represents America, the world's standard for the advancement of freedom and democratic ideals as a Republic and safeguarded by the world's oldest and most enduring government charter, the U.S. Constitution (over 200 years old).

From the abortion atrocities of the unborn to the oppression and persecution of Nigerian Christians, Kamala's career in politics and government is permeated by indifference and disregard toward the slaughter of innocent life when the prevailing issues do not square with her partisan liberal agenda. In this regard, Kamala's duty to act is less about objective, universal moral standards and principles, virtue, and the intrinsic value of persons and more about her preferences for intersectionality, political self-interest, and a debauched emphasis on political protests and social movements as tools of democracy, which she distorts and misrepresents incessantly. If Vice President Harris finds it fitting to be an outspoken critic against global atrocities and injustices that are only valid if they are in keeping with her liberal political agenda, her silence on this despicable evil in particular is political malpractice and politically disqualifying...period.

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1. US News and World Report, July 27, 2023 https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2023-07-27/us-vice-president-harris-condemns-attempted-takeover-of-power-in-niger

2. See similar article with similar findings from January 2024 Catholic News Agency, Biden administration criticized for omitting Nigeria from religious persecution watchlist which gives an exhaustive treatment of the Nigerian Christian persecution catastrophe and why removal from the government watchlist is incredulous, inhumane, and irresponsible for both the U.S. and Nigerian governments:

The Christian population has increasingly come under fire in recent years and has been targeted by several Islamic terrorist groups, such as Boko Haram, the Islamic State West Africa Province, and radical groups of the Fulani ethnic tribe. 

According to the State Department’s report, there were over 4,000 Christians killed, 3,300 abducted, and 100,000 displaced in Nigeria between October 2022 and September 2023. 

The Nigerian government has largely turned a blind eye to these attacks, in many cases refusing to dispatch police or military forces until well after attacks have occurred. 

https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/258150/biden-administration-criticized-for-omitting-nigeria-from-religious-persecution-watchlist

(3) Also see report titled 5,068 Citizens Massacred For Being Christians In Nigeria In 2022, 1,041 Slaughtered In First 100 Days Of 2023 which provides a comparable and detailed treatment of the data and personal accounts to effectively bring awareness to the severity of Nigeria's sectarian saga: https://intersociety-ng.org/5068-citizens-massacred-for-being-christians-in-nigeria-in-2022-1041-slaughtered-in-first-100-days-of-2023/

4. Readout of Vice President Harris’s Meeting with Vice President Osinbajo of Nigeria, The White House, September 02, 2022 https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/09/02/readout-of-vice-president-harriss-meeting-with-vice-president-osinbajo-of-nigeria/

5. Readout of Vice President Harris’s Call with President Tinubu of Nigeria, The White House, July 27, 2023 https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/07/27/readout-of-vice-president-harriss-call-with-president-tinubu-of-nigeria/

6. Kamala Harris has nearly disappeared into the background, February 20, 2023 https://www.wgbh.org/news/commentary/2023-02-20/kamala-harris-has-nearly-disappeared-into-the-background

7. Hold Nigeria accountable for its failure to stop internal religious violence, March 18, 2024, Rose, J, Congressman (R-TN) and Roberts, W. https://thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/4538330-hold-nigeria-accountable-for-its-failure-to-stop-internal-religious-violence/

8. This is echoed in a Washington Examiner commentary titled Kamala's War on Christians. "In a Harris administration, every Christian organization would have a target on its back....Being pro-life is a crime in Harris’s eyes, and so crisis pregnancy centers will feel the weight of the law. Religious schools that don’t conform to brand-new ideas about gender will be accused of civil rights violations." https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/3108275/kamalas-war-on-christians/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Pmax_USA_Magazine_21-June-Intent-Audience-Signals&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwlIG2BhC4ARIsADBgpVQJCfQFsC1sAwhKrGfbqeA7jLY95iiSf1PpYf5RF9AUDK8OHSJZDQQaAmWrEALw_wcB

Let the Atrocity Olympics Begin: Uyghurs, Black Genocide, On your Marks!

On February 20, 2021, I published a blog titled China 2022 Olympics, Moral Failure, and the Case for Boycotts. Nearly a year later and we are set to begin two weeks of an abominable PR campaign celebrating China's rise to power through the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) while simultaneously ignoring and denying the ignominy of this regime's rapacious appetite for global conquest, human suffering, international hostility, and, in the case of the Uyghurs, ethnic brutality and oppression. Many find this year's event to be an absolute travesty and black eye on the Olympic tradition, and I firmly believe that an international boycott is defensible and appropriate given Uyghur oppression and the CCP's invidious role in the COVID-19 Pandemic.

In my original blog, I take direct aim at China's egregious human rights abuses involving everything from torture and organ harvesting to enslavement and outright genocide of the Uyghurs. Of course my critique of China, the Chinese Communist Party or CCP specifically, would not be complete without raising the ire and outrage of the world over the CCP's mishandling of the pandemic, where two years later the world continues to suffer miserably while the Chinese regime basks not in shame, lament, or forgiveness, but tone-deaf entitlement, arrogance, and gross negligence and narcissism.

There are many different directions I could take because the issues are that deep and the moral failures that profound. As the title indicates, however, the United States has its own reckoning to deal with, and I will treat that for the remainder of this blog. For contemporary considerations, especially when you factor in human loss, impact to future generations, and callous moral indifference, abortion and the African American community is today's frontrunner for America in the "atrocity Olympics" between the U.S. and China.

In the article, Abortion: The overlooked tragedy for black Americans, Arizona State Representative Walt Blackman makes some rather remarkable and compelling statements about abortion and black genocide:

...Yet, 36 percent of all abortions were obtained by black women. At a ratio of 474 abortions per 1,000 live births, black women have the highest ratio of any group in the country.

When you use those percentages, it indicates that of the over 44 million abortions since the 1973 Roe vs Wade Supreme Court ruling, 19 million black babies were aborted. African Americans are just under 13 percent of United States population.

It is undeniably good that we convey the positive stories of our community to our fellow countrymen. It is important that we pass on stories that empower us. However, it is harmful to all black Americans if we continue to let society look the other way when it comes to the devastation that political policies like abortion wreak on the black community.

As staggering as these numbers are, they are conceivably higher when you account for the fact that most, if not all, abortion data is provided to the CDC by Planned Parenthood, the lead organization when it comes to abortion referrals and services in the United States. It is fair to assume that these numbers are likely under-reported to obscure the facts and temper public shock, outrage, and disapproval. Still, the data speaks loud and clear and yet the silence, as State Rep. Blackman accurately points out, is equally deafening from political leaders, community leaders, clergy, corporate investors, and child advocacy groups. This reminds me of Hanna Arendt's banality of evil, where government leaders in China and America are caught in the grips of ghoulish evil, silence, and moral indifference as the world witnesses government sponsored atrocity.

As for the inhumanities against the Uyghurs and America's virtual silence and unwillingness to be a beacon of hope that inspires protest for all the right reasons, perhaps the American "dilemma" our nation's leaders face can be found in the 19 million aborted black babies that continue to devastate black America. This ongoing body count is exactly why many are calling abortion in the black community black genocide in America. Thus, is this the reason why we are witnessing moral cowardice from the Biden-Harris Administration over the Uyghurs because of the obvious indifference and noxious disregard they have over black genocide? They'll never say and we'll never know, but I find it highly disturbing and ironic that between the Uyghur atrocities and black genocide, endless inhumanities and ethnic injustices are being tolerated and ignored both by the Biden-Harris Administration and the International Olympic Committee (IOC). In fact, all you have to do is read the position statements by both groups to see hypocrisy in action amidst human atrocity respectively.

Below is a snapshot of President Biden's October 14, 2021 statement on the "United States Election to the Human Rights Council."

The United States stands ready to work with partners and allies to help lead the world toward a more peaceful, prosperous future, grounded in respect for human dignity. Together, we will stand up for the rights of all, including women and girls, members of LGBTQI+ communities, members of ethnic and religious minorities, those living with disabilities, and members of other marginalized groups. We will promote accountability for governments that abuse human rights. And we will stand in solidarity with, and continue to work tirelessly in support of, the activists, human rights defenders, and peaceful protestors on the front lines of the struggle between freedom and tyranny.

Similarly, here's a statement from the IOC on human rights that comes from its Recommendations for an IOC Human Rights Strategy that's dated March 2020:

The IOC Code of Ethics is also an important reference point for the organization. Fundamental Principle 1 in the Olympic Charter states that “Olympism seeks to build a way of life based on … respect for universal fundamental ethical principles”. The Code of Ethics seeks to define this broad term in Article 1 to include a number of issues, one of which is “[r]espect for international conventions on protecting human rights insofar as they apply to the Olympic Games’ activities and which ensure in particular: - respect for human dignity; - rejection of discrimination of any kind on whatever grounds …; -

Given the Uyghur realities that are widely known to the world along with the 19 million aborted black babies, better known as black genocide, both official statements reflect the heights of hypocrisy, shallowness, and tone-deaf leadership. Both pathetically demonstrate profound moral incoherence, though America strives to remain rooted and grounded in integrity, freedom, and justice as exemplified by the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence. In the case of the Biden-Harris Administration, however, what's extremely disturbing is that we are only one week into Black History Month and yet no recognition of or attempts to course-correct the abortion trajectory in black America as we accelerate toward 20 million black aborted babies! Clearly, the Biden Harris Administration, Xi Jinping and the CCP regime, and the IOC are deeply invested in perpetuating and ignoring human atrocity and genocide, and the world community ought to be outraged at this level of moral incompetence.

For the next two weeks, America's credibility suffers each day it refuses to speak up for and speak out against the Chinese Communist Party's inhumane treatment of the Uyghurs. Likewise, silence and neglect over black genocide and the 19 million aborted black babies in America is an ongoing painful reality that inflicts incalculable damage to black America, economically, politically, spiritually, emotionally, generationally, and most noticeably...numerically.

We hear a lot about systemic racism today, and If systemic racism is the cause celebre globally due to the Black Lives Matter movement, between the Uyghur atrocities and black genocidal abortion (systemic racism on steroids), Xi Jinping and his Chinese Communist Party along with the Biden-Harris Administration are knee deep in systemic racism and losers in the worst "atrocity Olympics" since the Berlin Games of1936, and we know what happened after that spectacle and how the dark clouds of Hitler and his Nazi regime changed the world forever. Starting with the IOC and the Olympic tradition, when will we learn from history? Obviously we didn't learn from 1936 as Hitler marched through Europe to persecute the world with antisemitism, global inhumanity, and warring of the nations, but here we go again with another round of the "atrocity Olympics" and the denial of life, liberty, and human dignity.

China 2022 Olympics, Moral Failure, and the Case for Boycotts

Though only a year away, more and more attention is being devoted to the upcoming winter Olympics in Beijing, and rightfully so. As conversations about the winter games escalate, so too is the question of whether or not the Olympics should be boycotted. The primary controversies in China center around extreme human rights abuses and atrocities, especially involving the Uighurs, the COVID-19 pandemic, tyranny against Hong Kong, and many other state-sponsored acts of aggression and indignities orchestrated by the Chinese government. From genocide and organ harvesting to sterilization and forced labor, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been accused of serious human rights abuses against the Uighurs since at least 2014. In an Amnesty International report from 2019, they describe the Uighur situation as follows:

In November, the New York Times and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists disclosed two sets of leaked documents from unidentified Chinese officials detailing the crackdown in Xinjiang and the framework for facilities where hundreds of thousands of predominantly Muslim ethnic groups are being subjected to brainwashing and other ill-treatment. The descriptions in these documents matched the testimonies Amnesty International received from former detainees and overseas relatives of those sent to the camps or who went missing in Xinjiang. The documents also further disproved the Chinese government’s claims that these facilities were merely “vocational training facilities”.

As recently as a few weeks ago, the BBC provided extremely disturbing accounts of torture and the rape of Uighur women in Chinese detention and re-education camps. The video footage below documents the brutality and inhumanity experienced by Uighur women.

As more print and video information surfaces, the world is grateful for the many human rights organizations that have been on the front lines monitoring the Uighur situation very closely and making these realities available for all to see. Thankfully, more pressure seems to be mounting on the Chinese government to stop the torture and inhumanity suffered by the Uighurs, but much more is needed.

Because the Uighurs suffer simply because of who they are as an ethnic-religious minority, which is the essence of injustice and human rights abuse, the most pressing question government leaders face worldwide is, should the 2022 Winter Olympics in China be boycotted? There are two sides to this question. First, the pro-side states that given the cumulative history of human rights abuses in China, both past and present, China does not deserve to be rewarded and should be boycotted forthright. The opposing side argues that boycotts deprive athletes of an opportunity they sacrificed and worked their entire lives for and that they can actually draw more attention to the issue through political statements and protests during performances and interviews.

While I am sympathetic to Olympic athletes and the sacrifices they endure to compete at the highest levels nationally and internationally, theirs does not create an overwhelming sense of obligation that overrides the human trauma, suffering, indignity, and injustice suffered by an oppressed ethnic minority. In fact, in the face of the argument against boycotts, which I mentioned above, thehill.com released a powerful article on February 4, 2021 titled, 180 human rights groups urge boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics. The author cites the following which challenges world leaders to do the right thing right now:

The coalition said its members and other human rights advocates have “repeatedly sought to inform” the International Olympic Committee (IOC) about the reported abuses for two decades, noting it “refused to listen in 2008,” when Beijing hosted the Summer Olympics.

“As human rights experts predicted, this decision proved to be hugely misplaced; not only did China’s human rights record not improve but violations increased substantially without rebuke,” the coalition states. “Now, in 2021, we find ourselves back in the same position with the IOC who are refusing to act despite the clear evidence of genocide and widespread and worsening human rights failures.”

Thirteen years later, more recorded state-sponsored horrors and atrocities than ever before, and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) gets rewarded with another Olympics cash cow? I'm confused...the world is confused! How dare the IOC enrich the Chinese government given its gross moral failure and an impoverished track record of human misery and ethnic destruction! The unmitigated inhumanity suffered by the Uighurs is indefensible and defies not only American ideals, but everything the United Nations has stood for since its inception. Perhaps my outrage is misdirected; maybe the object of my outrage should be directed squarely at the IOC for China's unjust and undeserved reward. Whatever the case, tyranny against the Uighurs has no historical, political, or legal justification whatsoever and must be challenged by the world court of public opinion and investigated by the UN Human Rights Council.

John Locke's Second Treatise of Government has much to say about this blatant abuse of power and government authority. Locke writes the following in Chapter XVIII. Of Tyranny:

§. 199...so tyranny is the exercise of power beyond right, which no body can have a right to. And this is making use of the power any one has in his hands, not for the good of those who are under it, but for his own private separate advantage. When the governor, however initiated, makes not the law, but his will, the rule; and his commands and actions are not directed to the preservation of the properties of his people, but the satisfaction of his own ambition, revenge covetousness, or any other irregular passion.

§. 201. It is a mistake, to think this fault is proper only to monarchies; other forms of government are liable to it, as well as that: for wherever the power, that is put in any hands for the government of the people, and the preservation of their properties, is applied to other ends, and made use of to impoverish, harass, or subdue them to the arbitrary and irregular commands of those that have it; there it presently becomes tyranny, whether those that thus use it are one or many...

§. 202. Where-ever law ends, tyranny begins, if the law be transgressed to another's harm; and whosoever in authority exceeds the power given him by the law, and makes use of the force he has under his command, to compass that upon the subject, which the law allows not, ceases in that to be a magistrate; and, acting without authority, may be opposed, as any other man, who by force invades the right of another.(1)

Locke's words are timeless and the perfect challenge to CCP tyranny and oppression against the Uighurs. For a country that seeks to be treated with full rights and access to all the benefits of the world over, China must show a basic understanding of and respect for foundational moral and legal principles upon which the authority of the State is predicated. In essence tyranny, then and now, is hostile to civil society and incompatible with government for and by the people upon which it was meant to serve and protect.

China's history of denying the obvious when it comes to prolific wrongdoings and the COVID-19 pandemic of today are obvious examples of CCP treachery, tyranny, and corruption, a pattern of practices which continues to haunt the world more than a year later despite CCP impunity. Until China's government restores confidence in the institution of government, its leadership, and humanity's conscience against human evil, I find no basis whatsoever that justifies China hosting the 2022 Winter Olympics. In fact, I fully support a boycott of the Olympic games as an act of global compassion against China's blatant brutality and defiance against UN standards of accountability and humane treatment of ethic minorities. Moreover, in the absence of cooperation from China, I would argue that Americans and all freedom loving peoples worldwide boycott all Chinese products until the inhumanity ends and dignity is restored to the Uighurs in compliance with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Uighur Humanity Now!...U I G H U R H U M A N I T Y N O W!

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1. John Locke: Second Treatise of Government, Macpherson, C.B., Editor, 1980.