There very much is difference between cruelty and torture, same as with 1st and 3rd degree burns and denying that is awful.

The native Americans are not being genocided today, Uygurs are. I don’t know about you, but I cannot change the past.

The US track record is by no means clean, but miles away from the likes of China, specially in recent years. And you should be able to criticize both (or more) without whataboutism.