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[–] FlyingSquid 2 points 1 month ago (19 children)

No. It literally is not calling for genocide any more than it would be calling for genocide to say that the French should stop teaching kids German in school in Alasace-Lorraine before the Nazis invaded.

[–] Ginja 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (15 children)

Yes, without a doubt denying children their cultural language and customs is a form of ethnocide/genocide.

[–] FlyingSquid -3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (14 children)

Not teaching it in school isn't the same as denying it. No country teaches every language spoken at home in schools.

I suppose if the U.S. invaded Mexico and Mexico banned the U.S. cultural enclaves that had arisen there from celebrating July 4th, that would also be genocide?

Seems like genocide is not all that horrific in your view.

[–] Ginja 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Not teaching the local language in schools, to instead force them to use your own is denying it and it is genocide.

Go to China and look at how they are wiping our local ethnicity through exactly that, they are forcing generations to grow up learning Mandarin in schools, legislating that TV must be in Mandarin, etc. and through this they are causing languages like Cantonese to lose their daily usage and thus die off.

It's what a large swathe of Europe did during the 19th and 20th century, where local languages (and their corresponding cultures) were basically killed, e.g. everyone in France basically speaks Parisian France, with only Brittany holding out its culture.

Seems like genocide is not all that horrific in your view.

This is revolting to hear anyone say.

[–] FlyingSquid -4 points 1 month ago

You entirely avoided my question and I think you know why.

There are enclaves of people with American heritage in Mexico. Some have been there for generations. If the U.S. invaded and Mexico said they couldn't celebrate the 4th of July, would that be genocide?

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