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?

    • Gay_Wrath [fae/faer]
      4·
      4 years ago

      Dodging the question, i see. well let me know if you do develop any strategic thoughts on it.

      Personally speaking, as someone who lives in a city that white nationalists constantly terrorize and have killed people in, I'd feel a whole lot safer if yes. the government WAS monitoring these extremists groups and detaining them if they posted too edgy shit online. we're constantly finding proof of a nazi or incel terrorists posting on 4chan and shit after they kill someone so its not like it would be terribly hard to moniter that. Imagine if the FBI like actually did that instead of inciting minorities to commit crimes so they can arrest them.

      Certainly "just keep letting terrorists kill people so i keep my ideology pure" is NOT the safe or civil solution though.

        • AStonedApe [they/them]
          ·
          4 years ago

          Wtf is your issue?

          Some folks seem to really want an excuse to become the oppressors.

        • Gay_Wrath [fae/faer]
          3·
          4 years ago

          Muslims in America aren't committing terrorist attacks.

          Why are you getting defensive? I'm just saying that locking people up is not ideologically pure. its not a neat or nice solution. But it is superior to just letting terrorists kill people.

          Since you live in America, like me, you should be aware that white nationalist terror attacks are common. Let's just talk about those. what is your non-prison solution for fixing that problem? Nazis still gonna nazi even after we take over, after all. They're going to continue to attack and kill our comrades. If you had the power of the state behind you, what would you do to protect your people?

          • AStonedApe [they/them]
            2·
            4 years ago

            what is your non-prison solution for fixing that problem?

            My solutions is to lock up the Nazis, after they've proven themselves to be Nazis.

            My solutions is NOT to lock up all white folks in the country for "re-education".

            • Gay_Wrath [fae/faer]
              2·
              4 years ago

              so after they kill people? or is them posting 1488 with nazi symbols a bunch online proof?

              because we're currently doing the "only lock up nazis that kill people" thing and it has done nothing to deter their attacks.

              also don't strawman. I clearly said white nationalists not all white people.. And I clearly said white nayionalists that posted extemist content online.

              • AStonedApe [they/them]
                1·
                4 years ago

                so after they kill people? or is them posting 1488 with nazi symbols a bunch online proof?

                The latter.

                also don’t strawman. I clearly said white nationalists not all white people… And I clearly said white nayionalists that posted extemist content online.

                But what's happening in China is not equivalent to that. Folks are being locked up for "suspicion" of being radicalized. There's no justification for that kind of discrimination.

                But I still think y'all are looking at this all wrong. Xinjiang being a hotbed of terrorist activity is based in the material world, and improving the material conditions of the people there is what will have the biggest positive effect in the region. I really wish we could come up with a system that could help improve their material conditions. Have you ever heard of such a thing?

                • Gay_Wrath [fae/faer]
                  3·
                  4 years ago

                  if we give nazis healthcare theyre still gonna be nazis, though. the ideology runs deep.

                  But back to your other point. If someone posts "1488" online and is detained for it, is that really any different on the outside than detaining people who are suspected to be terrorists? Isnt that literally the exact same thing? How is one okay but the other isn't?

                  Please help me understand where the line is here.

                  • AStonedApe [they/them]
                    1·
                    4 years ago

                    To be clear, I don't want to imprison anyone. Prisons shouldn't exist.

                    I'm not going to get into the weeds about when the right moment is to detain potential terrorists. For starters, I'm wholly unqualified to answer that question; but more to the point, it's a distraction. Instead, I'd love to focus on this part of my comment:

                    But I still think y’all are looking at this all wrong. Xinjiang being a hotbed of terrorist activity is based in the material world, and improving the material conditions of the people there is what will have the biggest positive effect in the region. I really wish we could come up with a system that could help improve their material conditions. Have you ever heard of such a thing?

                    So, do you have any ideas?