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JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 1 year agoBoth the US state department and the CIA have had to acknowledge that there is no genocide going on in Xinjiang
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
JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
I’m trying to talk in good faith, but I don’t have 10 hours to read about it. I’ve only researched about 1 or 2 hours. But I’m definitely not just taking your website at face value.
If you want to call the discussion off, I’m fine with that. This thread has given an adequate sample of hexbear ideology.
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?
JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Maybe? Then they can look like they’re not limiting the population while doing it covertly.