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Is the original claim that people can't talk about TS because the government won't let them or that people can't talk about for some other reason?
The statement "people cant talk about TS" is a statement about the government's actions to discourage discussion about it.
You keep repeating the same thing while ignoring that the claim is about government action.
So first, you still haven't provided any evidence that it is indeed false. Please do so.
Edit: Since I just know that if you respond at all it would be with a shifting of the burden onto me, I'll just go ahead and post this here as some evidence for the actions of the government to restrict speech about TS.
Second, once again, in the claim you are saying is racist, why are people not allowed to talk about it? Is the claim that the culture doesn't allow it? That the citizens around them don't allow it? Obviously, the claim is that the government doesn't allow it.
Third, you still haven't come close to proving it is racist just because it has similarities to other racist claims. My original analogy that you keep avoiding was exactly on this point:
It is not antisemitic to claim that the Israeli government is lying about its intentions with the Palestinians even though there is a racist trope that Jews lie. If we were to say that any claim that the Israeli government, which as you point out is made of Jews, is lying is antisemitic then the Israeli government is entirely immune from claims of falsehood on their part. You give them a blank check.
In exactly the same way, it is not sinophobic to claim that the Chinese government has policies and practices that ban and discourage public conversations about TS or memorial services for it even though there is a racist trope that Chinese people don't know their history. If we were to say that any claims that the Chinese government, which as you point out is made of Chinese people, is "trying to hide their history" then the Chinese government is immune from claims of impropriety about the freedom of information surrounding TS. You give them a blank check.
Oh look, you finally decided to "respond" to my original analogy. To bad you entirely ignored it to obtuse about a direct reframing of your argument.
This you?
Ya, that's the exact argument I was responding to and showing you how ridiculous it is when used in the context of Israel instead of China.
Did you maybe notice something about the last two paragraphs of my last comment? They are almost identical with a few words and phrases swapped. It's a direct analogy to show that your claim, that it is sinophobic to say "the Chinese government doesn't let people talk about TS", is indistinguishable from "it's antisemitic to say the Israeli government is lying" for exactly the same reason. Maybe you're having a hard time grasping that because you also think it's antisemitic to disagree with the statements or actions of the Israeli government?
Do I need to copy and paste your exact paragraph with Chinese swapped for Israeli?
While I get how confusing it must be to talk to the same person about the same topic more than once, I didn't realize things were getting so serious. I have to admit, I'm not really one for monogamy, but I guess you could be exclusive if you want. Your jealousy is cute though. 😉
Maybe this time you'll bring even a shred of evidence showing that the claim is in fact false as I've asked for it numerous times and even provided evidence to the contrary. I know you won't, because for some reason you are stuck saying the same "it's false and racist" over and over again while failing to provide evidence it is false or a good argument that it is racist.