• randint@lemm.ee
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    Is denying the genocide against Uyghurs (which several Hexbears did) really that much better than defending Nazis (which I did not do)?

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      1 year ago

      There is no genocide against the Uyghurs and continuing to lie about it is the holocaust denial you’re being accused of. You’re diminishing the term ‘genocide’ and making what the nazis did look as comparatively harmless as what China is doing. You’re doing PR for the nazis by making their crimes look less serious.

      But you’ve had this explained to you a thousand times. You know what you’re doing. You’re doing it because that’s your goal, clearly.

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        You are doing PR for the Chinese Communist Party. I have nothing against communism, what I am against is their dictatorship.

        My goal is to… well I don’t really have a goal. All I want to do is to make my opinions heard just like you are.

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          1 year ago

          You should honestly investigate how democracy actually works in China - You’ll find that they have far more votes and actual choices for their officials than you ever have, and the approval rate of the government, even when anonymously/independently surveyed, is almost certainly higher than your country’s.

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            I honestly find it hard to believe that there is any degree of democracy in a country where the government regularly silences words on its social media. The local officials (the mayor, legislators, and the president) where I live are all elected and I’m pretty sure that’s already more than what China has. Their high approval rate is due to the fact that people don’t know that their government can be better.

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              The local officials (the mayor, legislators, and the president) where I live are all elected and I’m pretty sure that’s already more than what China has

              I think what I said is still true.

              There’s a lot of handwaving in your reply that China’s population are just ignorant and censorship exists therefore its bad, based on little info. All Western countries also have major systems of censorship on social media. The majority of people in China have access to the internet via unfiltered VPNs - they have basically as much free access to information as you do.

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          Your opinion doesn’t deserve to be heard though. You’re calling China a dictatorship. You haven’t done any investigation into the thing you’re talking about and are therefore speaking nonsense. Why do you want your opinion to be heard so badly? Have you done so much work on it that you’re proud to show it off to others?

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      You can’t just say “genocide denial” and pretend you’ve won the argument. You first have to actually provide proof of the genocide happening. I could also say “the Dutch are being genocided as we speak” and then call you a genocide denier when you say that’s preposterous.

      It’s strange how elusive the proof for this supposed genocide is.