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what instances are you referring to that get buried?

• vanniv 7y ago
  I self-replied with a comment about the oppression of Uyghurs in China, as an example. That has been vasselating between 0 points and -5 all day, as the people who want to make sure we suppress the story downvote it, and then others bring it back. Nobody replies, of course, because it is impossible to actually refute that this is a serious atrocity -- but we aren't supposed to be anti-China right now, so it is just suppressed. For an even stronger example of suppression (though it effects many fewer people), have a look at the continuing attempts to start a proper genocide against white farmers in South Africa. The NY Times and Washington Post both ran stories about how it was "a conspiracy theory". Meanwhile, refugees are turning up in Australia begging for asylum after having their land seized, their animals killed, and their families' lives threatened. Or look at history: we still pretend the Armenian genocide never happened, because admitting it would upset certain important people. Nobody ever actually says it didn't happen -- it's just verboten to mention
  • DGCA 7y ago
    I would assume that the downvotes are because you're asking for a thread on the atrocities happening in Chile be hijacked to talk about something else. It's extremely insensitive.
    • vanniv 7y ago
      and now that we've had a few more hours, you can see for yourself. downvoted until invisible and also flagged, because mentioning the stuff you're just supposed to forget about gets you banned from the internet. There's nothing "insensitive" about pointing out the hypocrisy and fake sympathy offered up by the official narrative (ooh, clever, this was also flagged within seconds. The efforts at censorship and narrative control are so transparent and boring)