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tl,dr: It's China policing the Uyghur issue in the context of the inaugural IndieChina Film Festival: https://indiechina.org/about/ https://indiechina.org/about
by esafak 1y ago
tl,dr: It's China policing the Uyghur issue in the context of the inaugural IndieChina Film Festival: https://indiechina.org/about/ https://indiechina.org/about/
- znpy 1y agoSadly the Uyghurs are a third-class genocide. It’s been known for years, but for some reason no one is complaining. All those loud protesters screaming genocide in palestine up to two weeks ago are strangely quiet on this.
- mcphage 1y ago> All those loud protesters screaming genocide in palestine up to two weeks ago are strangely quiet on this. Ah yes, the ol’ “they’re hypocrites for complaining about a specific problem without also complaining about every other problem”—that’s gotta be on the first page of “The Rulebook for How to Stop Social Movements”.
- znpy 1y agoyes, exactly. same goes with many more genocides happening around the world, involving all kinds of people.
- Incipient 1y agoI mean they can't complain about every global issue. Also it's China. No one has any ability to influence what happens within their borders - why try?
- znpy 1y agoIt’s e tremendously weird however that the specific (alleged) genocide they pick is the one where jewish people are accused, and no other one. It’s almost like if the protests are antisemitism-driven rather than anti-genocide motives. Curious, don’t you think?