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It's really frustrating, I was talking to someone about how successful China has been in de-radicalization of reactionaries. But they responded to this by saying they're only successful because, and I quote "put them all in concentration camps and killed them"

Has anyone here been successful in deprogramming people about this topic? If so any good sources I can use to dissuade them? I tried telling them that the UN report, if you read it, just says that there's concerns about abuse by internment offcials, and there's no evidence of genocide. But when I say this they just dismiss it as if the UN is controlled by the PRC. It's like a religion to liberals to believe anything bad about China and can get really frustrating.

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[–] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I thought we had an effort thread/post on this topic.

Oh my bad I forget a lot about stuff posted on this website.

[–] Comp4@hexbear.net 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

No. Im not blaming you. I might be wrong but I "thought" we had a thread on the topic that went into depth. I might be wrong though. I remember there being multiple threads talking about the topic at least

[–] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

remember there being multiple threads talking about the topic at least

That's a certainty, given our user base. I've probably interacted with some of the more recent ones.

[–] Comp4@hexbear.net 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

From the top of my head Check the deprogram subreddit

https://www.reddit.com/r/TheDeprogram/comments/ydw9zi/doing_a_research_project_on_the_uyghurs_in_china/ Lots of links + sources etc. There is probably a ton more by now online since this thread is 2 years old.

https://www.reddit.com/r/TheDeprogram/comments/1d54php/can_anyone_explain_the_uyghur_situation/

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