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[–] Cummunism@hexbear.net 122 points 1 year ago (4 children)

hilarious how the Uyghur shit basically boils down to "they have prisons!"

ok America, are we anti prison now? oh wait, no, only anti communist prisons. Prisons in america are freedom, prisons in China are oppression. I do love when Americans pretend to give a shit about the same ethnic groups they will bomb the shit out of in the blink of an eye.

[–] TreadOnMe@hexbear.net 45 points 1 year ago

We only like arbitrary detention when we do it.

[–] krolden@lemmy.ml 40 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Emanuel 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] krolden@lemmy.ml 22 points 1 year ago

ahhhhhhhhhh! you said the secret word!

[–] viva_la_juche@hexbear.net 34 points 1 year ago

ok America, are we anti prison now?

only insofar as americans in that situation, if they were honest with themselves, would just have them all extra-judicially executed by the police lol

[–] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 26 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Not even prisons. ABC interviewed a Uyghur souvenir seller who spent 6 months in reeducation:

He denied any mistreatment at the facility, claiming he ate well, played chess and read books and was even allowed to go home on weekends.

I can't think of any kind of prison that lets inmates go home for the weekend.

[–] UmbraVivi@hexbear.net 19 points 1 year ago

I can't think of any kind of prison that lets inmates go home for the weekend.

In Scandinavian prisons this is definitely a thing

[–] spectre@hexbear.net 12 points 1 year ago

"Weekend jail" is a thing in the US