I could go on and on about Adrian Zenz, his terrible methodologies; about terrorist groups trained by Isis and utilized by American for creating unrest in Xinjiang; stats about real population numbers in Xinjiang; about differences between American and Chinese anti-terror efforts regarding radical islamic terror groups; about infrastructure building in the area, investment by China; about the number of mosques per capita; about the preservation of regional identity that Xi is working towards; etc. Etc.

But, regardless, just saying that I don't believe that there is religious persecution in Xinjiang means, in their eyes, that I don't care about our Muslim brothers and sisters.

It's similar to talking about Hong Kong.

Libs use these places as tools to spread liberalism, so caring about the actual policies, people, and reality is a disadvantage to conversation.

How can I approach these subjects?

  • Sidereal223 [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Honestly, seeing how some people have reacted to this issue is pretty disappointing. On one hand, you have the types of Zenz and ASPI (in Australia) going full-on cold warrior. On the other hand, people should really have some compassion (isn't that what the left project is about?). Like /u/Staingvng says, indiscriminately locking up Muslims, even for the cause of anti-terror, isn't right at all. What China is doing can't be compared to what the Nazis are doing (as some liberals like to compare), but one can definitely criticise China's response without endorsing the US sanctions regime.