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[–] [email protected] 26 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Betcha there are people already arguing that it can't be genocide if you only kill 1% of the population.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Or that it can't be because they didn't immediately kill everyone

[–] agitatedpotato 7 points 8 months ago

Hilarious logic when it comes from a people who's ancestors survived a genocide. If one thinks it cant be genocide if people survive it, then you gotta ask yourself a loooot of questions.

[–] Maggoty 6 points 8 months ago

Saw that argument just a few days ago.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Maybe I'm mistaken, but at one point long ago at school, a professor told me that genocide is when one ethnic group kills 5000 of other ethnic group. How many innocent Palestinians has Israel killed so far since Oct 7th?

[–] samus12345 10 points 8 months ago

What a ridiculous idea, that a specific number of people being killed is what qualifies something to be a genocide. Genocide is about intent, not numbers.