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Inside Xinjiang’s Prison State

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Re: Inside Xinjiang’s Prison State

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Post by karmicthreat »

adampk wrote: post #18
karmicthreat wrote: post #3

I definitely hate China's oppression of its minorities. I think we are seeing the true color of a nation that knows nobody will challenge them. When people try to color it by claiming "different cultural norms!" I just think, well if you just want a culture of evil, this is a good way to do so. Also I have a smaller hate for the scrollamated site, it's so distracting.

I guess I am in the minority but I appreciate the scrollamated site. I am slow at picking up information and find visual aids super helpful. An image with all the information on it is really busy and doesn't get through to me very well. But if I can "layer on" information at my desired pace of scrolling, it is a lot easier for me to ingest information than maybe a lot of different images where I have to break and reb…

I think what would help it for me is if it had the option to page through incrementally. Rather than scrolling back and forth to see what I wanted to.

Re: Inside Xinjiang’s Prison State

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Post by mhh__ »

the-dude wrote: post #22
mhh__ wrote: post #4

Given that this is a ycombinator site, has anyone thought about or started a startup (it's a really a product rather than a company, but still) that helps you optimize (say) Chinese products out of your life?

Ah, CancelCultureAsAService. Brilliant.

Why is it cancel culture to not want to avoid China?

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Post by nojito »

cwwc wrote: post #2

This info has been around for months, if not years. Glad to see it’s finally coming to light in the mainstream (however Mainstream the New Yorker can be deemed).

Buzzfeed broke this with satellites months ago.

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/meghara/china-new-inter...

Re: Inside Xinjiang’s Prison State

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Post by vulcan01 »

threatofrain wrote: post #20
karmicthreat wrote: post #3

I definitely hate China's oppression of its minorities. I think we are seeing the true color of a nation that knows nobody will challenge them. When people try to color it by claiming "different cultural norms!" I just think, well if you just want a culture of evil, this is a good way to do so. Also I have a smaller hate for the scrollamated site, it's so distracting.

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No, I believe you've misunderstood. Apologists for the CCP often claim that there are "differences in cultural values" when trying to explain what's happening in Xinjiang.

Re: Inside Xinjiang’s Prison State

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Post by Darmody »

I had to stop reading. I really, really dislike these kind of animated articles or whatever are they called.

Can't I just scroll down as usual and read the article and watch pictures and videos without having to scroll and scroll?

Re: Inside Xinjiang’s Prison State

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Post by hellbannedguy »

adampk wrote: post #18
karmicthreat wrote: post #3

I definitely hate China's oppression of its minorities. I think we are seeing the true color of a nation that knows nobody will challenge them. When people try to color it by claiming "different cultural norms!" I just think, well if you just want a culture of evil, this is a good way to do so. Also I have a smaller hate for the scrollamated site, it's so distracting.

I guess I am in the minority but I appreciate the scrollamated site. I am slow at picking up information and find visual aids super helpful. An image with all the information on it is really busy and doesn't get through to me very well. But if I can "layer on" information at my desired pace of scrolling, it is a lot easier for me to ingest information than maybe a lot of different images where I have to break and reb…

I thought it was very well done. If they keep up the good work I might even buy a subscription. I usually don’t like these rolling stories, but this was done differently, and the art work is great.
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