ESPN guest asks 'who are we to criticize China's human rights records' when red states assault 'voting rights'

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An ESPN guest appeared to equivocate the ongoing human rights abuses committed by China to election reform efforts taking place across the U.S. 

During Friday's "Around the Horn," host Tony Reali kicked off the conversation highlighting the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Beijing as the CCP commits genocide of the Uyghur Muslims, asking J.A. Adande, the director of sports journalism at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, "As a fan and as a reporter, how do you reconcile enjoying this competition" while such abuses by China are taking place. 

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"I think it's standard in sports right now- you have to have a cognitive dissonance. You need to compartmentalize," Adande responded. "We've never had a more enjoyable NFL Playoffs in this country and we've never had more people watching the playoffs, and yet it goes on amid the ongoing allegations against Dan Snyder, owner of the Washington Football Team, and, you know, the continuous concussion concerns, and now the concerns about diversity in the allegations and questions about competitive integrity even, all of that, and yet we're still enjoying the games." 

"And who are we to criticize China's human rights records when we have ongoing attacks by the agents of the state against unarmed citizens and we've got assaults on the voting rights of our people of color in