North Korea Says Ferguson Response Made U.S. ‘The Laughing Stock Of The World’

[louis-t]

“The U.S. is, indeed, a country wantonly violating the human rights where people are subject to discrimination and humiliation due to their races and they are seized with such horror that they do not know when they are shot to death,” the spokesperson continued. “The protests in Ferguson City and other parts of the U.S. are an eruption of the pent-up discontent and resistance of the people against racial discrimination and inequality deeply rooted in the American society.”

Other countries were more quick on the uptake, seizing the opportunity to dish out the criticism that they’re normally on the receiving end of. Egypt, whose military government killed an estimated 1,150 protesters last year, called for the police in Ferguson to “show restraint” in their actions. The foreign ministry in Moscow, where 60 percent of black and African people said in 2009 that they’d been physically assaulted over their race, chided the U.S. on its race relations and said it “should take care of large-scale internal problems and take effective measures to resolve them.”



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[brooklynite]

1. Whereas in North Korea, they quietly haul people off to labor camps before shooting them...

[snooper2]

2. really?

As bad as things may be,

Fucking Really?


At least we have this American creativity to always fall back on

[FreakinDJ]

5. +1

[Fred Sanders]

6. Although Ferguson's police response and media made the laughing stock price go through the roof.

[hifiguy]

11. Darn right about that.

[jwirr]

4. We are still way above N Korea.

[pampango]

7. Sorry, NK. We frown on governmental hypocrisy here. Nice picture though, Kim.

Human rights defender, and leader of North Korea, Kim Jong Un

In addition to taking every opportunity to engage in “whataboutism” in response to critiques about its human rights record, North Korea is also attempting to set the record straight on its own. Earlier this month, Pyongyang announced that it would be writing up a response to a U.N. report that cataloged a number of mass atrocities committed by the government — including “evidence of an array of such crimes, including ‘extermination,’ crimes against humanity against starving populations and a widespread campaign of abductions of individuals in South Korea and Japan.” North Korea says that the assessment it plans on publishing will instead “show the true picture of the people of the DPRK dynamically advancing toward a brighter and rosy future while enjoying a free and happy life under the socialist system centered on the popular masses.”

[hifiguy]

10. That

HAIR. is UP with that, anyway??? Dude looks like a pudgy paintbrush with glasses.

[hifiguy]

8. You would think those ingrates in North Korea would recognize

kindred spirits and appreciate them.

[indepat]

9. Chief Justice Roberts would not agree with North Korea in view of all the progress made since 1965

[conservaphobe]

12. Even on our worst days, we're superior to North Korea. nt

[Brother Buzz]

13. Well, Ferguson did gave kim jong-un something to look at, and he does likes looking at things

http://kimjongunlookingatthings.tumblr.com/

[GOLGO 13]

14. Fuck you Kim. You can't even feed your own people.

Just sit there and eat your shitburgers.

[Mr Dixon]

15. WOW

Telling the truth and shaming the Devil

[KamaAina]

16. Dennis Rodman could not be reached for comment.