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I do actually think that the PRC can't legitimately claim to be opposed to revisionism and support the Khmer Rouge and the United States against other communists. I just don't accept that their opposition to revisionism was legitimate in that context. Whatever issues they had with revisionism were clearly secondary to other concerns and one of those concerns was clearly just spiting the Soviets. I, in a way, am claiming that at least one of the stated motivations given by representatives of the PRC was a lie.
But you're right that I don't think they were lying about their problem with being viewed essentially as secondary to the "Real" soviet revolution, and I do think this was a legitimate complaint to have. But as you say, I find their actions in response to this to be deeply unjustified.