Thread by @xinjiangalex

This was me years ago when I was traveling in India, notice the "save Tibet" shirt with snow lion flag? I got it in Bylakuppe which is the second largest exile-Tibetan settlement in India. Yeah, I used to be a anti-CCP lib who stood up against CCP's "oppression" in #Tibet.😂 &1

In short, I was brainwashed by anti-#China media and "overseas #Chinese democracy activists". I had exposed to tons of videos, articles about Tiananmen square protests and "human rights abuses in Tibet". I had also read Dalai Lama's biographies and firmly believed that Tibet &2

should've been freed from the CCP. Although I had been to Tibet, I had seen people's living conditions were relatively well and I had seen the extraordinary Qinghai-Tibet railway. That said, another voice in mind constantly reminded me that "they need freedom and democracy". &3

It was so powerful and I had a frim belief of it. I would badmouth our GOV with every foreigner I met just like those China haters who can't stop trolling me right now. I felt like I was both a "freedom fighter" and a "China expert". How naive and ignorant I was back then. LOL &4

So when did I start to realize that I was brainwashed? When western MSM began to lie about my hometown, Xinjiang in 2018. At first, I was still a little bit skeptical. I wasn't sure it was true or not. In another word, I didn't know I should trust my own eyes, my family, &5

my friends, my common sense or their propaganda. Looking back, It was very hilarious but that was me in 2018. Fortunately, my rational thought overwhelmed anti-China propaganda. So why I'm telling you this story? I reckon some of you might be in the middle of my journey. &6

Sometimes, maybe you are confused that who are telling you the "truth"? Well, in today's internet environment, don't expect to HEAR the "truth", because it's not important in the eyes of media and online influencers. They just wanna get their content massive exposure &7

in a very short period of time. That's how they make money from you. So you need to FIND out the "truth" by yourself if you are really interested in it. Oops! It's been a long thread already. Anyway, if you like this thread, I will make a video about it.