President Biden says that oppression, forced labor, deportation of Uighur Muslim minority is just a “cultural norm.” I knew a guy in junior high named Norm, but he was not especially cultural. Trivializing and condoning oppression of minorities was common during the early Hitler era – after all, we did business with Germany. But after World War II ended and the full extent of the Holocaust became obvious, trivialization of evil became unpopular. Guess it’s back in style.