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Are we the baddies? (i.imgur.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] voodooattack 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Huh? Pretty sure Guantanamo Bay is still open to this day. Not on the same scale nowadays, sure; but the CCP never claimed freedom as part of its core values either.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] nomous -1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You think reeducation camps to kill a culture are different?

[–] nomous 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You think Japanese camps were to kill a culture?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] nomous 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

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.