China using families as 'hostages' to quash Uyghur dissent abroad
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Refugees and activists tell the BBC intimidation tactics are tearing apart Uyghur communities overseas.
  • @socsa
    -1•9 months ago

    Everyone is brainwashed except for you.

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆
      -1•9 months ago

      Nah, just people who uncritically regurgitate propaganda, and screech about everybody who disagrees with them being a Russian puppet and a tankie whatever that means.

      • @GarbageShootAlt2
        11•9 months ago

        My friend, I would like to remind you as gently as possible that brainwashing does not exist and was in fact an orientalist lie popularized to explain away why US soldiers would support China.

        • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆
          1•9 months ago

          Yeah, that’s a fair point. It’s important to keep in mind that people are accepting the propaganda because they want to believe it and they understand that it serves their selfish interests.

          • @GarbageShootAlt2
            10•9 months ago

            Yes, thank you for being understanding. I think it’s better to avoid calling people brainwashed because – as one liberal in this thread pointed out – it denies agency which our interlocutors plainly do have which makes them much more responsible for their bad epistemology than the theory of “brainwashing” allows for.

            If we want to persuade people – and I’ve seen that you have incredible enthusiasm for that cause! – we must do our best to meet them where they actually are rather than where we imagine them to be.

            I’ll get off my soapbox here, I just wanted to mention it. I wish you all the best in your efforts!

      • @OurToothbrushM
        8•9 months ago

        The most offensive part of being called a tankie is being called British.

      • @socsa
        -2•9 months ago

        And which of those things were you responding to when you yelled “bootlickers” into the void just now?

        Because from my point of view, you are the only one engaging in bad faith personal attacks here.

      • OKRainbowKid
        -5•9 months ago

        So yourself basically, just replace Russian puppet and tankie with bootlicker or NAFO supporter.