It's really frustrating, I was talking to someone about how successful China has been in de-radicalization of reactionaries. But they responded to this by saying they're only successful because, and I quote "put them all in concentration camps and killed them"
Has anyone here been successful in deprogramming people about this topic? If so any good sources I can use to dissuade them? I tried telling them that the UN report, if you read it, just says that there's concerns about abuse by internment offcials, and there's no evidence of genocide. But when I say this they just dismiss it as if the UN is controlled by the PRC. It's like a religion to liberals to believe anything bad about China and can get really frustrating.
Is this really the simplest explanation, that every single Muslim-majority country is completely bought off and/or just doesn't mind "religious persecution" in the abstract, even if it's fellow Sunni Muslims being persecuted?
Even Saudi Arabia, a country that is Sunni by vast majority and also financial very deeply tied to the US -- involving arguably one of the single most significant financial ties in the world, i.e. the petrodollar -- has come to China's defense on this subject.
Surely you see how, with a complete lack of specific evidence, what you're saying is no better than a crass conspiracy theory, right? Frankly speaking, it's a racist one at that, assuming all of these countries and peoples, because they are "also known for religious persecution [of other groups!]" can be causally bought off and thereby shrug off an atrocity of profound proportions as a country's worth of Muslims get eradicated.
I, too, wish they held their temper slightly, but it makes no sense to cry about opinions when it comes to accusing a country of genocide, the gravest and most morally disgusting crime any nation has ever committed.
It's also a crime that, when it is actually happening, has produced a wealth of evidence, evidence that we do not have in China's case.