Kamala Harris says ‘I will not be silent’ on suffering in Gaza after Netanyahu talks(www.theguardian.com)

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Sami@lemmy.zip

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5 months ago

You’re the one that compared them to imply that if you call this a genocide but not this a genocide then you are not consistent than proceeded to name 3 cultural genocides (with Ukraine’s having potential to become a full blown genocide depending on how the war plays out in my opinion).

If we can’t agree that a killings-based genocide is worse than a cultural erasure genocide then there’s nothing left to talk about. Unless you believe that if the Chinese began systematically killing Tibetans tomorrow that nothing would fundamentally change in your classification.

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disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world

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5 months ago

By referring to some as cultural genocide, and others as “full-blown” genocide, you’ve clearly learned nothing from our discussion.

Maybe reading it from the World Without Genocide may help you understand.

https://worldwithoutgenocide.org/genocides-and-conflicts/genocide-of-the-uyghurs-in-western-china/china-tibet-and-the-uyghurs

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Sami@lemmy.zip

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5 months ago

You can apply all of this logic to the Palestinians as well starting from the ethnic cleaning in the 40s and subsequent cultural genocide that culminated in what were seeing today. Clearly it is much worse now compared to all other points barring certain events during the nakba. Everyone involved can see and articulate this which goes back to my point of all types of genocides not being equal.

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disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world

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5 months ago

I never said they were equal. Genocide is what they have in common. Defining the atrocities in Gaza as the killing of tens of thousands of innocent civilian women and children is what sets it apart. I’ve literally written this in three different comments, yet it’s not sinking in.

Take care.

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Sami@lemmy.zip

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5 months ago

You wouldn’t have brought them up if you did not consider them to be at least equal. How many times did you ask people if they called the Palestinian cultural genocide a genocide in 2022 when they brought up Ukraine? Ask yourself why not. Goodbye.

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