> It sounds to me like you have some deep-seated insecurities that I really don’t think you should have. I think you should address these before you go around whining about other people’s attempt to discuss things.

How condescending.

I have a deep-seated frustration that threads on this and similar topics become trainwreck full of derails and distraction. I'd be surprised if the majority of comments in this thread even discussed China or the situation there, rather than use it as a jumping off point derail to a US topic. As far as I can tell, I'm the only person to have used the term Xinjiang in this entire thread. This is in a post about Xinjiang.

Just to emphasize: this thread is such a trainwreck that it dropped like a rock off the front page. That does no one any good.

> It’s almost like this is one reason to read world news.

A better reason to read world news is to understand and discuss the world, not to compulsively engage in domestic topics.