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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

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[–] kristina@hexbear.net 98 points 1 year ago (2 children)

is china carpet bombing xinjiang and dousing its citizens with white phosphorus on video? no?

[–] zifnab25@hexbear.net 50 points 1 year ago

I've been told that they are, yes. We have photos. inserts photo of Turkish bombing of Armenian You need to take this seriously or you don't really care about human rights.

[–] VILenin@hexbear.net 32 points 1 year ago

Yes, but they’re so secretive that I have zero evidence, but this is in itself evidence of their deviousness. Debate me debate me debate me

[–] Rojo27@hexbear.net 90 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Its so bad even Zenz isn't on the line to support Uyghursdeeper-sadness

[–] AcidSmiley@hexbear.net 60 points 1 year ago

Even Radio Free Asia was busy elsewhere

[–] aebletrae@hexbear.net 88 points 1 year ago (5 children)

They forgot the far-left-wing academics in that line.

It's a line of countries. Is this idiot saying we should get a homeland of our own? Who do we get to kick out of their homes?

[–] Collatz_problem@hexbear.net 69 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We should get our homeland back USSR

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[–] ArsenLupin@hexbear.net 38 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

Hear me out... We build it out of a flotilla of the combined world's fleet of super yachts and cruise ships! And we dock it on the Principality of Sealand (they have good internet there I think)

[–] Erika3sis@hexbear.net 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And we dock it [...]

Aww, I was hoping you were gonna say "and we build a giant mech out of it". Roh-roh fight the power!

[–] ArsenLupin@hexbear.net 15 points 1 year ago

por-que-no-los-dos.jpg

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[–] Adkml@hexbear.net 24 points 1 year ago

Also great own pointing out people with an education who actually know what the fuck they are talking about also agree you're a moron.

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

Many of these so-called "far-left wing academics" aren't far left in the slightest.

[–] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 15 points 1 year ago

Take back the commons.

[–] Wertheimer@hexbear.net 80 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[–] Flinch@hexbear.net 80 points 1 year ago

Call me when China drops 6000 bombs on Xinjiang in a week 🥱

[–] refolde@hexbear.net 64 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Nonono you see, the Uyghur genocide is real, those sneaky Chinese are just really really good at hiding it! The lack of evidence is actually proof that it's happening and really shows how sneaky those Chinese are!!!!

I hope that doesn't become a real take at any point.

[–] CthulhusIntern@hexbear.net 39 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But there's overwhelming evidence of Israel committing genocide against Palestinians, you say? That's just childish, it's more complicated than that!

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Every Muslim-majority country has sent representatives to both Palestine and Xinjiang, and come to the same conclusion. It's only anglos who refuse to sent delegations to either and insist on the opposite of reality.

[–] TheModerateTankie@hexbear.net 51 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Islamic state inspired islamic terrorist movement? That's their traditional culture and trying to stop it is genocide.

Uygur culture is poverty. Trying to promote economic prosperity? That's a genocide.

Jobs program = slavery

Education/training = cultural genocide

birth control = forced sterilization

prisons = extermination camps

government sponsored cultural events = co-option and cultural genocide

China is so good at covering up the mass slaughter that all we have is this video of a community college type building, where they are FORCED to go to, and it may not look that remarkable on it's own... but if we play sinister sounding music over the footage... yep, damn right that's a genocide.

US Governent, please, my people yearn for freedom, send 100k to my venmo account.

[–] Sinister@hexbear.net 44 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

They do the same when it comes to discussing soviet policy in Siberia, where establishing maternity wards for Sakha women and using Cyrillic alphabets to write down Siberian languages is equal to doing genocide.

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[–] CarbonScored@hexbear.net 50 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

It's literally just Zenz that actually bangs the drum, huh? I guess he's worried paychecks won't be coming his way if it's not longer the hot button issue.

[–] zifnab25@hexbear.net 45 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Uighur Genocide fell out of fashion after the US pull-out of Afghanistan. We've been through people screaming at leftists for supporting the Taliban, people screaming at leftists for supporting Vladimir Putin, people screaming at leftists for supporting Big Pharma...

The Israeli Genocide is putting China so far into the rear view mirror. Its impossible to get a word in edgewise over the latest horror.

[–] edge@hexbear.net 17 points 1 year ago

It's ok, he'll get a payday when the US is ready to start World War III.

[–] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 15 points 1 year ago

Westoids can only pretend for so long. They get a slight scratch and they forget they're supposed to be anti-genocide.

[–] Ericthescruffy@hexbear.net 41 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lmao! It's funny because I told my S.O. last night how you should do a side by side of people supporting Israel right now with their comments on the Uyghurs.

If you are in the US you need to politely shut the fuck up about whatever the hell may or may not be going on in China and either:

A) Focus on the shit your own country is directly complicit in and helping to facilitate,

Or

B) admit that it that it was always cynical bullshit and that you don't give a shit about the lives of Muslims.

Those are your options.

[–] GaveUp@hexbear.net 21 points 1 year ago

Such simple options yet a) is just the far left and b) is just the far right

[–] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 40 points 1 year ago

he is such an obvious tool lmao

[–] GarfieldYaoi@hexbear.net 38 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

4chan and all the western world were celebrating the Charlottesville shooting, everyone in my shitty ass hometown was laughing at the victims of the shooting. Like the good little minions they are, they all did crocodile tears over the Uyghurs.

Sorry we think brown people deserve to live even if the funny internet pictures say they don't.

[–] Ildsaye@hexbear.net 38 points 1 year ago

zenz as a meme breaches containment from of the commiesphere in the same way as yeonmi-park has inshallah

[–] Ho_Chi_Chungus@hexbear.net 38 points 1 year ago

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

Presented without comment:

[–] culpritus@hexbear.net 30 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 29 points 1 year ago

Reminder that the "World Uyghur Congress" supports Israel lol

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[–] barrbaric@hexbear.net 26 points 1 year ago

Well this sure seems like a reliable dude, better base my country's declarations of what is and isn't genocide entirely off of what he makes up.

[–] the_kid@hexbear.net 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

inb4 a lemm.ee Xinjiang understander

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[–] Tachanka@hexbear.net 16 points 1 year ago

and now... your moment of zenz kelly

[–] ComradeLove@hexbear.net 16 points 1 year ago

Stupid booksmart people make Adrian angry!

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