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"cuz, y'know, China bad." (lemmy.ml)
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[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This is still happening

Yeah? Got any primary sources that aren't a decade old?

[–] captcha_incorrect@lemmy.world -5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I have not stake in this, but here you go: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/china-uyghur-uighur-turkey-oppression-rcna97238. I took one at random that was semi-recent and look somewhat relevant.

Just look at the date of the references on Wikipedia and you will find plenty.

[–] ZeroHora@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This shit is so tiring.

NBC is pretty shit that almost every hyperlink is to another nbc news but one of those hyperlinks go to Safeguard Defenders and other go to Amnesty International and both direct to a report made by OHCHR which just cite Adrian Zenz and his propaganda made by Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation.

Holy shit is just impossible to find a source that doesn't have bullshit propaganda. For any lib reading this, if a news source is citing a propaganda piece they are not writing news, they are writing propaganda.

[–] captcha_incorrect@lemmy.world -4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I just took one at random and read the first few lines to make sure it was actually on topic. I have no clue about NBC News credability, I only wanted to illustrate that there were a lot of resources linked in the Wikipedia article, since BrainInABox asked for them.

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I asked for a fucking primary source and instead give me an NBC article you "skimmed the first few lines" of.

My fucking God, you people are beyond parody.

[–] captcha_incorrect@lemmy.world -1 points 2 weeks ago

Please see my other comment.

[–] ZeroHora@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

that there were a lot of resources linked in the Wikipedia article.

Yeah and all of them go back to Adrian Zenz.

You talking about a fucking genocide "reading a few lines" is insulting.

[–] captcha_incorrect@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Just so we are on the same page here, which genocide are you referring to?

[–] ZeroHora@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago

Uyghur? The Wikipedia page calls it persecution or genocide

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Got any primary sources

Fucking hell, I swear you people can't read

[–] captcha_incorrect@lemmy.world -4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Why is my link not a primary source?

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Are you fucking serious right now?

[–] captcha_incorrect@lemmy.world -1 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Please educate me.

A primary source is a source with first hand information (e.g. a witness) or a source that does not cite other sources as their source. Disregarding the credability of NBC, how does the article I linked not fit that description?

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago

I really hope you're trolling. The NBC article literally cites other sources.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

this article explains it: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/04/world/asia/north-korea-waitresses-defector.html?referringSource=articleShare

tldr: they're paid and/or coerced to it by recruiters to make up shit.