Uyghur kids detail abuse at China's boarding schools in Xinjiang

Re:Uyghur kids detail abuse at China's boarding schools in X... by dymk on Thursday February 03, 2022 @11:33PM (#30202905)

Actually yeah, we had a recent law here in Washington pass (I cannot remember the specifics of it, but that's not the important part).

Iirc, 8 people in total contacted a particular state rep (well, their office), and that law was given the time of day because turns out, _very very_ few people ever try to get in contact with them.

Now, this was a state senator, not a US senator, but still, it only takes a very small (but very vocal!) minority to at least signal concern. China is obviously a much bigger issue and there are greater powers pushing back against any kind of real action. But it does send a message.

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Re:Uyghur kids detail abuse at China's boarding schools in X... by icelancer on Thursday February 03, 2022 @11:52PM (#30203017)

I've written our state senator, local rep, and governor's office here in Washington state and have received nothing but canned responses in return, even for local issues.

Advisory votes are non-binding and ignored.

When people write in and the rep pays attention, they were going to pay attention anyway and just use the write in things to pander to their constituents and pretend as if it mattered.

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