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[–] [email protected] 102 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (38 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Tibet is still ongoing, it's just not done by sending them in camps but by sending Chinese to dilute the Tibetan population.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Following this logic China is guilty in quite a few places

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Manchuria is already gone so there’s no point in including that

Actual argument

Hong Kong isn’t genocide, they’re voting for it

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

[–] [email protected] 23 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Don't forget Modi and the muslims in India!!

[–] [email protected] 20 points 9 months ago (1 children)

If only more people were like me - lie on the sofa with laptop on belly eating ice ream.

No more genocide. Much more shitposting.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Only if you kill an entire race of people.

Sorry, I don't make the rules.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I wish to unsubscribe now. I am not a big fan of the entire committing genocide of an entire race of people.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Genuine question, wasn't the partition a ton of civilian Muslim and Hindu deaths? That's how it had always been presented to me, but I'm realizing my parents may have been biased.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago

It's always a first time, every time!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago

And also the ethnic cleansing of Armenians by Azeirbayan, which may or may not have a round 2 in the actual country of Armenia.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

ARMENIAN OBLAST IS FUCKING GONE

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Absolutely. I went through a couple of revisions before settling on 2 based on being current and in the forefront.

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