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Both DB0 and Fxomt are aware of these statements and, in fact, upvoted them.
Considering that they've left Holodomor denial up in the thread, I wouldn't count on them suddenly becoming anti-genocide.
Furthermore, in a later comment, they go on to say that the Uyghur "genocide" (and they put genocide in quotes) is overblown and misrepresented by the West, and further opine that critical support for the PRC doesn't make one a tankie.
What's more, one of the active comments in the thread calls the Uyghur genocide an 'Atlanticist hoax' and remains up (an .ml comment whose votes cannot be checked, but sadly I would not be surprised if one or all three admins upvoted it), as does a denial of the Holodomor, despite three DB0 admins being active in that thread since, including both mods of the comm.