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[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hey, that's kinda fucked, since genocide is one of the worst things that can happen and should be condemned in the strongest possible terms.

Nothing Childish about condemning genocidal states like China.

[โ€“] aski3252 1 points 1 year ago

Right but can we maybe not getting hung up on specific words and definitions? I really don't want endless fights over what to label stuff, I would rather see discussions about whether or not China should be doing what they do..

It's a lot easier to dismiss and deflect a hard to define and relatively flexible word such as genocide, but it's a lot harder to actually defend China's actions..

Notice how amnesty international never mentiond the word "genocide"? Instead, they stick to what they can prove without a doubt: Chinas mass internment, mass survilance, etc.

https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2021/06/china-draconian-repression-of-muslims-in-xinjiang-amounts-to-crimes-against-humanity/

Don't get me wrong, Chinas actions are horrible. The label genocide is probably fair. But I hate when appologists are able to dodge an uncomfortable discussion because the discussion gets stuck at arguing whether we should call it "crimes against humanity", "systemic repression of a people" or "genocide"..