Have you been to Urumqi or spoken to a single person who has been to Xinjiang? I have, and I should be back there before Christmas depending on how things work out. Claiming theres a genocide going on there is as worthy of ridicule as claiming Portland is a warzone.

OOTL - What did Reddit do now?

If Hexbear users had correct opinions on imperialism they wouldn't "um ackshually" when someone says "free Hong Kong"

The US is actually committing a genocide right now. Mostly against immigrants.

https://medium.com/@0tread-ducts/r-jailbait-reimagined-how-online-spaces-continue-to-exploit-minors-ab8913506056

I think this’ll give you an idea

The problem is that Reddit is the Titanic and Piefed is a tiny life raft.

Then you best hold on tight and never let go.

PieFed and Lemmy are very comparable to reddit in its current state.

Hexbear is a troll instance and it scares new people off to have to deal with them

They and .ml are certainly the whipping boys for every toxic online behavior across the fediverse.

But I'm popping into the Hexbear front page and trying to find the ultra-offensive content I'm told is scaring everyone off. It's all pretty banal as far as I can tell.

Seems like some folks love to run in and post "Russia and China are bad and if you don't agree you're a terrorist!!!" Then they get banned, come out to other more liberal communities, and cry about it for months.

It's weird to see people on this site hate Trump, then love a bunch of reactionaries in Hong Kong waving Trump 2020 banners.

Hong Kong is the freest it's ever been; China freed them from a government imposed by the British where they were ruled by a council appointed by the crown and major corporations.

People who are hostile to China bringing up Hong Konger's (or Uyghur)'s struggles have the same relevance as Zionists bringing up gay Palestinian's struggles; the purpose isn't to advance their cause, but to justify hostility against the whole group. This is especially obvious when you literally anything at all about the subject and realize their supposed defenders know literally fuckall about them beyond hostile data points.

There is a different conversation to had regarding specific policies, but anyone going "free hong kong" in response to protests against fixing the law that prevented a murderer from being extradited and tried lacks the background and desire for that.

Yoink, putting that to good use later.

I have not done enough investigation to speak on the issue, but it wouldn't surprise me if the US's actions towards immigrants did meet definitions of the convention on genocide.

The algospeak to skirt around rules, I can only anticipate that getting much, much worse. Other users, Mods, and even local authorities have been trying to put a lid on that shit for decades, and I haven't heard any news of significant gains. The whole affair seems more akin to turning over rocks and having the bugs scatter.

This meme should be about social media in general .