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Thread of sources on Uyghur oppression (threadreaderapp.com)
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I haven’t read a lot of these sources myself yet, but the first one at least by the Communist Party of India is worth a read.

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[–] dumpsterlid@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

I think in large part it may because people don't consciously think about the difference between....

  1. US government officials or other others deeply embedded in the US power structure criticizing China for its treatment of Uyghurs and the massive amount of propaganda and hypocrisy involved with that.

  2. The average leftist saying "yah, it seems like from what I can tell China is not treating the Uyghurs humanely" while being under no delusions about both the propaganda and motives involved in most of the information they get and also about the general brutality of the US government.

Coming back at category 2 with "but whattabout the US?" doesn't add anything to the conversation, the vast majority of category 2 agrees with these criticisms of the US.