• JohnDClay
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    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.