These narratives have real world consequences. Anytime you mention Xinjiang or that China is committing a "genocide" to liberals and conservatives it helps spread this shit. It helps reinforce Sinophobic narratives and will result in more deaths. Combat these lies and this propaganda where you see It. It is our moral duty to do so.

    • fawx [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Ok, so I read the whole thing and apologize for my response being much shorter, but I appreciate the thoroughness. With that said, it seems like it'd be fair to say the treatment of Uyghurs is somewhere between US/black relations with a bit of Native American education/ cultural influence, right? Because if that's so, I still feel like they're well within being criticized.

      I don't talk about the China situation with anyone outside of leftist spaces (mostly here and friends) and I've just never liked this idea of "we shouldn't criticize other countries for doing bad because it's not as bad as we're being told and America only spreads that narrative for empire reasons. Like America can be doing bad things, but so can the other side, and I feel like people would be more willing to listen to our side if we were more willing to admit that America isn't always "the only" bad guy in a situation. I mean maybe that's not the best strategy, but it seems it to me

        • fawx [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          If you'll humor me another question, if you were a Uyghur, do you think you'd support the Chinese efforts. I guess ultimately, that's always my hardline for things like this. And I'll even admit, I do believe it's possible (though strikingly unlikely when done by a government, but maybe that's my US/ Capitalist conception of government (under which I would still largely place China)) that there could be efforts that would be opposed by a populace, but ultimately beneficial for them, which I would support. Say for example implementing Socialism. But I guess all that said would you label it as just "not that bad" to which I would counter "bad is bad and I can't support it" or a "necessary evil".