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[–] Dreamer@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 days ago

There is evidence that China was oppressive to Ughyurs, but currently enacting an active genocide is a stretch.

If you want an overview of someone cutting through the bullshit: https://youtu.be/cz9ICFDk8Js

TLDW:

  • Likely cultural genocide
  • Philosophies that would make Westerner's mouth water - Forced assimilation / "Taming" the natives type shit
  • Western sources/"journalists" are dubious, twisting stories out of proportion or making shit up entirely
  • However there are plenty of testimonies from the Uyghurs themselves -- the sheer volume of which cannot be ignored

Anyways, from what I've heard, China's dialed this shit back when they were first put on the spotlight. For whatever oppression China may have taken part of, it is not even a tenth of what the oppression the United States and other Western nations have been dishing out for the past few centuries.

US genocided Natives to be born, and historically oppressed its own population (slavery, internment camps, etc) and has continually oppressed others (overthrowing democracies, genocide, crimes against humanity, etc)

UK, Germany, France and other Western nations also love aiding genociders while also oppressing anti-genociders.

France also has an obsession with trying to force Muslim women to undress in public, dictate how they dress. Lmao