Re:UK intelligence recycles “think of the children” argument...
by godelski on Saturday July 23, 2022 @03:32AM
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> I think you're equating people not speaking out, and being silenced
I have several close Chinese friends who have argued with me that reeducation camps are different from concentration camps and that there is nothing wrong with them. That "they're just taking the children away temporarily." (a claim made and literally every non-Chinese person in the group stopped and then called them out on it)
> The layperson doesn't have room or a voice to be able to question and doubt government policy.
I disagree. Criticizing the government is popular past time in the West, especially America. So I don't really agree with this premise. I do agree that things are different in China, but I disagree that one can't speak out, especially when one is overseas and not surrounded by other countrymen.
> I didn't make generalizations, I gave you concrete examples.
The generalization complaint was about your generalization of my comment and assuming I had taken a position I didn't. Honestly, I think you and I agree on more things than we disagree. I just think we work in different bubbles.
I have several close Chinese friends who have argued with me that reeducation camps are different from concentration camps and that there is nothing wrong with them. That "they're just taking the children away temporarily." (a claim made and literally every non-Chinese person in the group stopped and then called them out on it)
> The layperson doesn't have room or a voice to be able to question and doubt government policy.
I disagree. Criticizing the government is popular past time in the West, especially America. So I don't really agree with this premise. I do agree that things are different in China, but I disagree that one can't speak out, especially when one is overseas and not surrounded by other countrymen.
> I didn't make generalizations, I gave you concrete examples.
The generalization complaint was about your generalization of my comment and assuming I had taken a position I didn't. Honestly, I think you and I agree on more things than we disagree. I just think we work in different bubbles.