Usually in relation to Uighur camps, the argument is "since you're in America you can't change whether they're concentration camps or education facilities, so you should just concentrate on the concentration camps within your own borders instead."

Like, motherfucker, I can have an opinion on the actions in another country and still work on changing things I can change.

I guess my question is, is this concentrate on what you can change part of some theory or strategy I haven't read or is it just bad and lazy?

In particular for China it's essentially conceding to the people who thinks there are millions of Uighurs being murdered, rather than attempt to engage and show that there is no evidence of that, and just what abouting.

  • abdul [none/use name]
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    4 years ago

    Where’s the line? I posted something someone posted sincerely (I contacted them later to follow up and they confirmed everything they said was true, or at the very least that they stood by it as the truth) and you transparently posted a lie to make a point. That’s not how this works. You need to address the claims as they are instead of attacking the medium or the source. I welcome you to provide evidence against the claims made in this comment.

      • abdul [none/use name]
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        4 years ago

        It’s a primary source and eyewitness testimony. It’s your choice to believe it or not, but if your goal is to do anything other than jerk yourself off, you have to address it with evidence instead of just going “ok but what if hes lying”

          • abdul [none/use name]
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            4 years ago

            Of course you don’t have to do anything, that’s what makes the country you live in so great 😉

            Just kidding, america sucks mad dick, but that’s beside the point

            All I’m trying to get across to you, is that all you are doing here is telling me you think the person is lying. This is your opinion, and you’re entitled to believe whatever you want. But if we want to get into the matter of truth and reality (also known as “facts”) you need to address the claims made and post evidence for why you believe those claims are factual or not.

            I have a feeling you’ll just keep rewording your belief that your opinion is a fact, so I’m not expecting much, but if you can disprove the claims with actual evidence, go ahead. If you can’t, consider the possibility that you are actually wrong and the impact of that line of thinking on the people who are actually in the camps.

              • abdul [none/use name]
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                4 years ago

                It seems I have my first stalker. Interesting how the mods don’t seem to care. Anyway, I already told you the other day I’m done listening to you, but I guess I’ll spell it out for you here as well- stop replying to me. I don’t give a shit what you think, and I don’t appreciate being followed around from thread to thread.