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Are we the baddies? (i.imgur.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

They also compared Japanese U.S. internment camps during WWII to the current suppression of Uyghurs in China so maybe take what they say with a grain of salt.

[–] JohnDClay 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You think reeducation camps to kill a culture are different?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You think Japanese camps were to kill a culture?

[–] JohnDClay 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I think the camps for the Uyghurs are.

Edit: Looks like I got banned for my original comment, so I'll answer in an edit:

I think they are comparable in that they are horrible treatment of minorities. I think the concentration camps of Japanese Americans was out of extreme xenophobia. I think the reeducation camps are out desire to stamp out any possibility of independence movements. So not very similar, but both very terrible.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Do you think the current treatment of Uyghurs by China is comparable to treatment of Japanese people in US internment camps during WWII?

[–] JohnDClay 1 points 10 months ago

I think they are comparable in that they are horrible treatment of minorities. I think the concentration camps of Japanese Americans was out of extreme xenophobia. I think the reeducation camps are out desire to stamp out any possibility of independence movements. So not very similar, but both very terrible.