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Is USA actively genociding the Uyghurs right now?
Not the fake genocide people though Biden/Kamala was doing. I mean actual genocide camps and forced sterilizations.
Is China? The answer seems to also be no. If you're interested in evidence for this claim here are two pieces that I found convincing.
These are mostly majority-Islamic nations who I think we can safely say have a vested interest in caring more about Muslim minorities than most, they have investigated and been satisfied that there is no Uyghur genocide in China. Personally I'm going to take their word over that of western media.
Ah, a typical .ml post. Yes.
FTFY. Funny how people see .ml and just stop reading. If you want to talk about genocide I'd love to discuss the US-supported one in Gaza that is actually going on right now and for which we have figurative mountains of evidence. No? You'd rather scurry back to your echo chamber than have your worldview challenged by someone who might have some idea what they're talking about? This is my surprised face.
Yes yes yes. And there's no difference between Trump and Kamala. I've had this discussion before.
If you don't like it, then either get a different server or get more creative and less predictable. .ml users all sound the same to me. I know where this discussion is going and I'm just shortcutting it to the end to save us some time.
Glory to China, death to America, Imperialism, NATO expansion and all that jazz. Yes I know I know.
lolwut?! I don't think you have had this conversation before - you don't even appear to be having it right now - but don't let me interrupt you. Please, tell me more about these brilliant, astute insights you've had about me as a person from one punctuation mark and a couple letters after my name.
I'm sure, but I imagine that has a lot more to do with you sticking your fingers in your ears and shouting 'la la la I can't hear you!' than anything anyone else might have to say. When you'd like to have an actual conversation instead of dismissing whole swaths of people with your 'see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil' routine you know where to find me. I'll definitely be holding my breath for that one. :P
They are approaching this rather fast right now.