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> Because your claim is that the US is lying about Xinjiang and your argument is based solely on its political interest and its reputation. No it’s not. Here’s
by xtian 5y ago
> Because your claim is that the US is lying about Xinjiang and your argument is based solely on its political interest and its reputation.
No it’s not. Here’s some more evidence: https://twitter.com/asatarbair/status/1367632236007202819 https://twitter.com/asatarbair/status/1367632236007202819
- zepto 5y ago> That’s the only country I have any chance of impacting through criticism. So what you are doing here is activism.
- xtian 5y agoWhat are the people claiming there’s a genocide doing?
- zthrowaway 5y agoGee, I don’t know, maybe trying to hold China accountable in hopes that they stop torturing and exterminating a sub-culture of their population… because it’s wrong?
- sudosysgen 5y agoThis is pretty bizarre. If they were doing so, why would anyone think that online criticism on an American forum would do anything to help? There is quite literally nothing that could be done about cultural genocide by a hostile superpower. There is already inherent value is trying to debate the truth, so I'm not saying you should stop if you genuinely believe what you're saying. But you're definitely not holding anyone accountable or doing anything to help the situation.
- zepto 5y agoPublishing news articles. So, this is activism on your part. Thanks for confirming that.
- xtian 5y agoWhy are you ignoring all the information I've posted after brow-beating me for it?
- zepto 5y agoNobody has “brow beaten” you for anything. As far as I can tell you have been happy to make these statements.
- xtian 5y agoEngage with my evidence or admit that you can’t.
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- zepto 5y agoYou haven’t provided any evidence. Links to other people making similar arguments to yours are not ‘evidence’.
- dang 5y agoCan you please stop perpetuating this flamewar? It's extremely not helping. If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and taking the intended spirit of the site more to heart, we'd be grateful. If you think another commenter is abusing HN you can flag their posts and/or email hn@ycombinator.com so we can look into it. But pouring fuel on the flames makes you as destructive a contributor as they are, which is why the guidelines explicitly ask people not to.
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