First comment is what I’m dunking on, the rest were just surprising to see upvoted in /r/nba

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  • Dessa [she/her]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    Where can I read more about how Zenz is full of shit? Im gearing up to do battle with libs over the factuality of the uyghur genocide

    • Shinji_Ikari [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      1 year ago

      Here’s something I like to keep in my back pocket. Use the citation following technique to basically critique any article you find and shit becomes clear. Here’s an old hexbear discussion too: https://hexbear.net/post/145820

      Terror & Tourism: Xinjiang eases its grip, but fear remains

      Snippets:

      • Ah yes, genocide via applying the same birth control policies across the board

      Uyghur activists abroad accuse the Chinese government of genocide, pointing to plunging birthrates and the mass detentions.

      The harder the government tried to control the Uyghurs, the more stubbornly many clung to their identity. A few resorted to violence, carrying out bombings and knifings against a state they believed would never accord them genuine respect.

      Today, many checkpoints and police stations are gone and the bombings have stopped, but the racial divide remains clear.

      James Leibold, a prominent scholar of Xinjiang ethnic policy, calls it the “museumification” of Uyghur culture. Chinese officials call it progress.

      Google James Leibold

      Jamestown Foundation

      The Jamestown Foundation is a Washington, D.C.-based defense policy think tank.

      Board of Directors

      Jamestown’s board also includes Michael G. Vickers, who previously served as the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and whose role at the Central Intelligence Agency during the Soviet–Afghan War was famously featured in George Crile’s 2003 book Charlie Wilson’s War.

      Vickers became involved with Operation Cyclone, the CIA program to arm Islamist Mujahideen during the Soviet–Afghan War. He was the head military strategist for the US, coordinating an effort that involved ten countries and providing direction to forces made up of over 500,000 Afghan fighters