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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

conspiracy theories about supposed Uyghur genocides doesn’t make you any kind of radical

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uyghur_genocide

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago

Really? Your source is a Wikipedia article, that literally anyone can edit, and which has an official policy of not allowing pro-Chinese sources?

the truth is all evidence of a supposed "Uyghur Genocide" come from (1). Adrian Zenz, an anti-Communist Christian crusader with a proven record of falsifying data to serve his own interests, and (2). The U.S. government, directly or indirectly (such as the UN commission which was led by a U.S. ambassador). Neither are trustworthy sources when it comes to China.

Ultimately the question is "What constitutes a genocide?". Because, sure - under the most liberal possible definition of a "Genocide" - there's a genocide against the Ughyrs in Xinjiang. But only in the same way that Spain is committing a genocide against Catalonians; or that America committed a genocide against Italian-Americans. Teaching the national language, promoting Atheism, and spreading Communism does not constitute a genocide. Implying that it does is an insult to the victims of real genocides, like those against the Jews and Roma, Armenians, American Indians, and Palestinians.