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There are 2 genocides actively occurring (or at least in the forefront).
Western media does not shy away from calling one a genocide (as they should), but refuses to call the other one a genocide.
At least 5. Arguably the Israel-Gaza situation, Russia- Ukraine, Sudan(also with Russian involvement), China's treatment of the Uyghurs, and Myanmar's treatment of the Rohingya.
Obviously, those screeching loudest about genocide X, are inevitably entirely quiet about genocide Y, while accusing country Z of hypocrisy. I haven't named any sides, but if anyone reads this comment and thinks I'm talking about them, perhaps it's time for some introspection.
Not that whataboutism is particularly relevant for those suffering. But hey, why would anyone let human suffering and nuance get in the way of some political point scoring, real politik or a nice online shouting match.
Meanwhile we walk ever closer towards the precipice of the climate apocalypse. If it's isn't already too late.
Following this logic China is guilty in quite a few places
Actual argument
As they attempt to remove Cantonese from spoken tongue
Nothing active yet but they got in hot water when they hosted the olympics for claiming Korean culture as their own
And when they claimed Ghengis Khan was Chinese because they currently own Southern Mongolia
Don't forget Modi and the muslims in India!!
If only more people were like me - lie on the sofa with laptop on belly eating ice ream.
No more genocide. Much more shitposting.
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And that's not even the first time they did that.
Up to 2,000,000 people were killed during the Partition of India, the majority being Muslim.
And also the ethnic cleansing of Armenians by Azeirbayan, which may or may not have a round 2 in the actual country of Armenia.
We all say “never again” but didn’t do shit for Tigray. There was no big sticky issue like China and the Uyghurs that would stop an intervention - as long as it’s safely not in the news
I would argue the Israeli/Palestine one.
Hamas wants to genocide Israel (literally in their founding document) but failing miserably. Absolutely guilty of a war crime or two.
Israel is very likely guilty of a number of war crimes due to proportionality, failure to minimize civilian casualties, and reasonable cause for infrastructure damage and blockades. The fact they have only killed off something like 3% of the population with this much damage and overwhelming force means they aren't committing genocide, or they are doing a pretty poor job of it. Individuals and small groups are likely killing off civilians and should be held to account (public hanging is a good way to do it) but question the broader Israeli goal.
Hamas absolutely guilty of war crime (clear cut), could add genocide if they were winning, Israel unsure as much less clear cut. Could they be - absolutely.
So your argument against the fact of Israel committing genocide is they aren't doing it fast enough? Wow.
Well let's apply this argument to every other part of life - because yes, if you are killing off a population when you have an overwhelming force yes it will be quick.
Is 3% of a population being Mexican an invasion, or is it people living their life?
Is a 100pt to 103pt basketball game a clear example of the best team, or a small skill difference?
Is 3% of crime being committed by a black person indicative of a crime driven cultural issue, or a few people?
A 3% death rate in a modern conflict in a high density urban environment is not a genocide - civilians die in war. Have many been killed needlessly- absolutely. Are there questions on how Israel has been operating - absolutely. Are there individuals in the IDF that have deliberately killed civilians in cold blood - about as close to 100% as you can get. Is it a genocide - no.
That's a lot of words to say you're racist and pro-genocide, but you go off, I guess.
Thats alot of loaded words thrown out without any backing, evidence or legal bias.
Or was it too much reading so you just threw out the first insult you could?
Icj ruled it a genocide so that's what I'm calling it. You're doing a lot of work to justify genocide. Do you find that rewarding?
They haven't ruled it's genocide yet. That'll take years. They've ruled there is sufficient evidence to investigate if what has happened is genocide. Note all the caveats and qualifiers:
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/key-takeaways-world-court-decision-israei-genocide-case-2024-01-26/
For context: over 10 million people died in the Congo Free State. It is generally agreed that it wasn't a genocide, because it wasn't intentional. It is possible that the ICJ will ultimately decide what happened in Gaza is not genocide.
Thank you for putting this much more eloquent that I have managed over the last week or so.
I've argued with soo many people over the ICJ report - they pick the two words "genocide" and "Israel" without reading the full content behind it and the conclusions it drew. Which is a shame because its a beautifully written, factual and balanced report.
Kind of?
Historically at least it’s a pretty normal amount of civilian casualties and their stated goal of Hamas vs Palestine helps a lot.
But everything outside the conflict should be enough, it wasn’t exactly paradise to be a Palestinian living in Israel pre-conflict
I think the thing that many aren't following is that there are other war crimes than genocide, and one doesn't mean the other.
ICJ ruled that the claims of genocide are credible, so I'm going to keep calling it genocide.
Correct - that's the South African led one isn't it? The 60 odd page full of legal jargon one i read a few days ago? Posted the same time as the Middle East now article that was edited?
Because the conclusions they came to, in section 63 off the top of my head, is that there are credible claims, and the best way forward is to call for a cease fire so claims can be investigated. It did not say Israel is committing genocide - it said there are events and actions that need to be investigated on both sides.
It discusses the Israel blockade of aid, and Israel response as to why it was done. That attacks were carried out on civilian infrastructure that Hamas was using... and the blatant attack on civilians that sparked off this whole new round of suffering.
One war crime does not justify the other, make no mistake I am not claiming that. But it seems awfully continent how many people are taking one line of a very detailed and balanced report and ignoring the entirety of the context of it.
What do you mean by pre-conflict? collective punishment has been Israeli policy since its founding.
Hamas can't be guilty of war crimes because they are not a country or international government organization. They can't legally wage war. War crimes can only be committed by a country that can legally wage war.
Hamas is a local government / criminal organization. They can't commit war crimes any more than the Mafia can. They just commit regular crimes and hate crimes (regular crimes motivated by racial hatred), which they are obviously doing.
Israel is probably guilty of crimes against humanity and genocide. Forcing millions of people to move is genocide. They are not waging a war on any country, so legally this is just a large police action.
Who do you blame for mafia or cartels running free in a country? The perpetrators and the government. The Israeli government has the obligation to protect people living in Israel and what it claims as its territory in Gaza. They haven't done that for Israelis, Gazans, or residents of the West Bank.
This is where a few things start to blur. Hamas is both the government of Palestine and a designated terrorist organization by everyone but the UN security council (impotent veto pricks).
War crimes can only be committed in state-state conflict - Palestine v Israel, state - state. But at the same time terrorists cannot as it is not war - its conflict (actually the definition). So can Palestine be done for war crimes but its government and militants not? Terrorists don't get protection in protected places like hospitals and temples and therefore remove their protected status, but they can't be done for endangering civilians as they aren't a state that has to follow the rules of war.
Just say you're a Zionist.
Just say you don't actually have an argument and resort to lesser insults than my 6 year old would use at school.
Can you not? The meme is about the Uyghurs.
Amos Burton calling for the churn? Didn't have that on today's bingo card.
Let the nukes fly! Mutants will reign supreme!
ARMENIAN OBLAST IS FUCKING GONE
There are a lot more than two, tbh.
Yes, hence the caveat of being in the forefront.
"Refuses" is a strong word. Genocide as an accusation against Israel has been prominent in news headlines as of late.
Don't forget about the US. We've been genociding Hispanic migrants for a while now.
Why the heck are you getting downvoted? You're absolutely right, it didn't stop when we found out about it or when biden became president
I guess people don't know that the UNs definition of genocide includes more than just killing a bunch of people.
It looks like the closest thing the US is genociding is temporarily separating children from parents to ensure they're actually parents and not traffickers and to confirm their history.
Here's more for those wondering. It doesn't meet genocide definitions. It received major lashback when they did. A federal judge halted it.
https://www.npr.org/2023/12/08/1218336878/immigration-family-separation-judge-settlement-border
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2dQ4-VNaG3s&pp=ygURY2hhbm5lbCA1IG1pZ3JhbnQ%3D
https://www.un.org/en/genocideprevention/genocide.shtml
It does meet the UNs definition of genocide.
They're guilty of number 4 as well, there's been multiple reports of immigrant women being sterilized against their will
https://www.aclu.org/news/immigrants-rights/immigration-detention-and-coerced-sterilization-history-tragically-repeats-itself
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/dec/22/ice-gynecologist-hysterectomies-georgia
Myanmar
It's all about worthy and unworthy victims again. Worthy victims, the Uyghur because China bad and unworthy victims, the Palestinians because Israel good. One is seen as a threat, the other one as an ally so they get different media treatment. But in the end, people are getting exterminated systematically.