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Indian propaganda is similar (I'm more familiar with it, being Indian). You can see the parallels in how both talk about their hated minorities (Uyghurs and Ka
by notsureaboutpg 5y ago
Indian propaganda is similar (I'm more familiar with it, being Indian).
You can see the parallels in how both talk about their hated minorities (Uyghurs and Kashmiris/Muslims)
My favorite was a recent Twitter account with a teenage profile picture, she/they pronouns, BLM, proud feminist, and TRUMP2020 all in the bio, and all it did was claim that Uyghurs are really being educated and that the decline in birth rates among Uyghurs by ~50% in one year, according to Chinese gov't statistics is just because they are being liberated, and basically all sorts of other genocide denial.
- _Microft 5y agoDo you happen to remember a Twitter handle? I bet one could use a single one of them to discover a whole network of these.
- notsureaboutpg 5y agoI don't, but they're easy to spot because they look really leftist and they often post about the left-wing news of the moment while at the same time downplaying Uighur atrocities. They often mostly retweet and are poor in communication when they comment. Here's one example: https://twitter.com/Weed1_ch https://twitter.com/Weed1_ch (mostly retweets, tweets are usually quote tweets with one word like "Xinjiang?" attached) When this account actually comments, it barely makes sense: https://twitter.com/Weed1_ch/status/1393091998589071360 https://twitter.com/Weed1_ch/status/1393091998589071360 And this strange Palestinian liberation + Uyghur genocide denial is hallmark of China (who has to straddle both positions due to the geopolitics of opposing the US).
- max_hammer 5y agoDid you just compared treatment of Uyghurs in China with Kashmiri/Muslims in India ? Last I checked Indian govt is not holding minority in reeducation camps or removing every trace of cultural heritage.
- heraclius 5y agoOne can note certain rhetorical similarities without holding that in every aspect China and India are doing the same thing.
- max_hammer 5y agoWhat is India doing ?
- notsureaboutpg 5y agoAs the other commenter noted. I did not actually say the two situations are the same. I said the way both groups were talked about by gov't propaganda Twitter handles are similar. And those are very similar.