Libs: “THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO QUESTION THAT THERE’S GENOCIDE IN XINJIANG, AND IF YOU DARE TO BRING UP THE LACK OF EVIDENCE OF ANY SORT OF ABUSE FOR THE PAST 3 YEARS YOU’LL GET BANNED!!!”

Also libs: “Didn’t you know that 15k of the 40k humans murdered in Gaza were actually terrorists? it-is-known Also, lots of civilians die in wars like the one happening in Gaza, it’s sad but inevitable”

smuglord

Fuuuuuuuuuck this shit.

  • vovchik_ilich [he/him]@hexbear.netOP
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    Ok, I’ve read through everything you’ve sent me, and I gotta say, sorry mate but you haven’t read any of this. I’m tired of reading articles with claims of genocide but no material evidence of absolutely anything post-2021. It’s obvious to me that you’re just googling for whatever articles with the headline you want, from 2022 onwards, to support your preconceived notion. I hope you will analyze your position, feel free to read all the articles you’ve sent me, and go through whichever sources they provide (when they do). I’ll sum up what I’ve found

    First link: reverse image search using “tineye” from the cover picture shows “Adobe stock picture, 2019”. No mention of new information after 2021 in the whole article.

    Second link: the gist of what it says (I’m not quoting literally) is “the ongoing genocide is when you forget about the genocide that did happen according to us”. The article shows the WSJ 2019 article that proved reeducation centers were already closed by then. The only post-2021 claim it sources, is that “Uyghur textbooks have been forbidden”. Source: Radio Free Asia, 2017. Feel free to look up what “Radio Free Asia” is if you don’t know it.

    Third link: quote “More than 100,000 Uyghurs are working under conditions that strongly suggest forced labor.” Source: none. This claim is pre-covid as I remember (it mentions the cotton fields), never been substantiated. “In February 2024 the Chinese government further expanded regulations to restrict freedom of religion in the Uyghur Region, including through bolstering local surveillance powers and tightening control over religious education and places of worship.” Again, unsourced information, just general claims about “tightening control” without any actual evidence. The same claim could be made, for example, about the Spanish government in Catalonia, and I guess nobody here claims genocide is happening there (I say this because I’m Spanish myself).

    Fourth link, and I quote: "And now, finally, the United Nations has published a report. A report that says China’s policies “may constitute international crimes, in particular crimes against humanity.” A report that adds nothing new to what we already knew about the crisis, that neglects to call the crisis what it is — genocide — ". No sources of any abuses post-2021 being used, and it quotes the UN report that clearly doesn’t state the word “genocide”.

    Fifth link: no mention to any events post 2021. Few interviews of unsourced and outdated anecdotal claims.

    Sorry, but I’m exhausted after this pointless exercise. I learnt nothing new, because there is nothing new. I hope you did learn something on the other hand: if I deny the Uyghur genocide, is because there’s no substantial evidence to support it.

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      I did learn something. You have a movable goal post. On that note, I’m out. Peace be with you

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        You’re right, I did move my goalpost. On my original comment, I asked for evidence from 2022 onwards. I later moved that back to 2021 for the sake of credibility.

        My whole point is: we live in the fucking west (presumably, at least I do). If there were the SLIGHTEST THREAD of evidence to point towards genocide in China after 2021, we’d know EVERY SINGLE DETAIL and more. We’d have been spoonfed with it day and night in private and public media, in internet posts, and in every fucking possible way. If you’re struggling to find anything that remotely resembles evidence, it’s simply because there isn’t such a thing.

        Go ahead. Go through the eight links you’ve sent me (as I did), dissect them, and copy-paste the actual post-2021 evidence that is so obvious to you, so that we all can see it and discuss it

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        How can you be this disingenuous? He asked for current-ish evidence of genocide with a specific cutoff point, then when through the articles you supplied without reading them yourself, and demonstrated that none of the articles have evidence meeting the cut-off point. You can say that the cut-off point is bad, but he has been very clear and consistent in this whole exchange about what he’s looking for

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        Is this the second or the third “I’m out” comment you’ve posted during your three hours, 60 comment “I’m not mad, you’re all mad” tantrum on this thread?