https://twitter.com/IlhanMN/status/1362136748621463552

  • PowerUser [they/them]
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    4 years ago

    Regarding the genocide claims, my approach is to sweep aside the anecdotal reports from witnesses and say that I will only focus on the data cited in support of the claim.

    The data is pretty sketchy and needs to rely on percentages to make the claims - 250 sterilisations per 100,000 people is not a genocide, and the idea that 80 percent of IUD installations are performed in Xinjiang is similarly ridiculous given the underlying source suggests it's a tenth of that.

    Vocational and re-education centres are concerning but we're not proposing to invade France, and the sites identified as camps are clearly rubbish when you look at them on Google maps.

    • AntipastoAktion [they/them]
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      4 years ago

      Oh yeah, I try to do that when I can, but on a smaller scale. I've brought some people personally around to it by pointing out how every claim loops back to Adrian Zenz, one whacked out guy, and how the majority of the numbers come from the most dubious of claims (1 guy in 8 random rural villages guessed at how many people are in camps, therefore it's millions being genocided, for instance). I try to sus that out one on one when I can.