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Egon@hexbear.net 1 year agoWhile I think nay accusation of genocide should be taken seriously and investigated, I do not think we should accept these claims without basis, and we have to accept that despite several years of allegations, no proof has been provided. Both the US state department and the CIA have had to acknowledge that there is no genocide going on in Xinjiang. Here’s a carrd with mainly Western sources debunking the claims of genocide xinjiangahr.carrd.co
JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
That’s very misleading. They say they have insufficient proof to say it is racially motivated. But there is certainly great oppression happening there.
Egon@hexbear.net 1 year ago
Both organisations have acknowledged that there is at the worst a cultural genocide going on - ie. An erasure of culture.
One can wonder how such a genocide is carried out, when the Uyghur language is still taught, Uyghur culture and language is still freely distributed and promoted and Uyghur people are a prominent part of the Chinese popular culture.
Your claim leads me to believe you did not engage with the sources provided to you.
JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Forced sterilisation (birth rates are down 60% vs about 10% for the rest of China) and forceful reeducation? They don’t care about the language as much as the shared cultural identity separate from China.
Egon@hexbear.net 1 year ago
Did you even look at the carrd? If you’re not gonna engage with the sources, then it’s pretty clear you’re not arguing in goog faith and there’s no reason for this discussion to continue
CloutAtlas@hexbear.net 1 year ago
Why would the CPC, in the same breath, exempt the Uyghurs from the One Child Policy but also force sterilization?