My friend is a total succdem, and we got to talking about the usual stuff like UBI, work, economy, and all that. So I remarked about all the good things China has been doing when it came to green tech, poverty alleviation, and all that. Woo boy. That's when the genocide accusations came out. I tried to link him BayArea451's video but he refused to watch it because he said it was Chinese propaganda. He then told me I wasn't thinking critically and that all my talking points came from China and all my sources must be paid off by China. I gave him proof that actually all of his sources where paid by the US and that shutted him up. I doubt I got through to him but good lord the state of western chauvinism. It's like they don't actually believe in anything or have any of their own opinions, you try to argue with them and their eyes just glaze over. You know what really pisses me off though is I'm in a chat group that this guy mods. And he's not going to ban me. He thinks I'm a literal genocide denier but he won't ban me, because he's a fuckin lib. Can't even stand up for the shit they claim to care about.
Sorry for that rant, but man, I'm tired of how effective this propaganda campaign has been. Everyone in the west has brain worms.
I normally wouldn't have gone off on him like I did, but after seeing that news I was not in the mood to hear any racist propaganda from any western liberals.
Framing concern over the Uyghur issue as racist propaganda is very unproductive IMO. Lets be real libs aren’t the ones committing anti-Asian violence on the ground here, and every lib or leftist I know who is concerned about the Xinjiang situation is not holding it against Chinese people as a race. That’s absurd and approaches “anti-Zionism is anti-Semitism” territory tbh. The racist people here in America attacking Asians do not give a fuck about Uyghur muslims. I would bet my life that China’s policy in Xinjiang did not motivate the the guy who committed mass murder yesterday. My advice would be not to alienate your friends over an issue you aren’t informed on. He sounds nice for not kicking you out of the chat tbh
-Soulja
Eh, I guess I was being a bit of a tit about it. I've had a raw nerve after reading about that shooting, but Imma try and not be a bitch to people for being uninformed on things I'm at best only slightly more informed on. Cheers.
Perfectly reasonable reaction to the news, many of us are pissed off and exhausted by the violence. It’s a nice reminder that many of our lib friends are hurting just as much. You aren’t a bitch brother, bless
-Soulja