• Liz@midwest.social
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      8 months ago

      Reading comprehension really is a struggle sometimes. They specifically mentioned scale in their comment. Also, I kinda feel like being open about genocide doesn’t make it better.

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        8 months ago

        They also compared Japanese U.S. internment camps during WWII to the current suppression of Uyghurs in China so maybe take what they say with a grain of salt.

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          8 months ago

          You think reeducation camps to kill a culture are different?

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              8 months ago

              I think the camps for the Uyghurs are.

              Edit: Looks like I got banned for my original comment, so I’ll answer in an edit:

              I think they are comparable in that they are horrible treatment of minorities. I think the concentration camps of Japanese Americans was out of extreme xenophobia. I think the reeducation camps are out desire to stamp out any possibility of independence movements. So not very similar, but both very terrible.

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                8 months ago

                Do you think the current treatment of Uyghurs by China is comparable to treatment of Japanese people in US internment camps during WWII?

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                  I think they are comparable in that they are horrible treatment of minorities. I think the concentration camps of Japanese Americans was out of extreme xenophobia. I think the reeducation camps are out desire to stamp out any possibility of independence movements. So not very similar, but both very terrible.