Even Mark Cuban, the brash, outspoken owner of the Dallas Mavericks, is afraid to criticize China’s human rights abuses.

In a Twitter spat with Ted Cruz, the Texas senator asked Cuban to condemn China’s Uighur concentration camps or to say, simply, “Free Hong Kong.” Cuban then showed his bravery by saying that “Black Lives Matter” and criticizing China’s economic policies.

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