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I strongly agree. Words have meaning. Genocide is not “horrible mistreatment of a group I believe is sympathetic”. The Chinese treatment of Uighurs is deplora
by mercutio2 5y ago
I strongly agree.
Words have meaning. Genocide is not “horrible mistreatment of a group I believe is sympathetic”.
The Chinese treatment of Uighurs is deplorable, and should be loudly condemned.
Russian invasion and shelling of Ukrainian cities is deplorable and should be even more loudly condemned. It’s much worse than Chinese treatment of Uighurs.
Neither are genocide. Genocide is slaughtering people with the explicit purpose of eliminating a particular type of person.
Attempting to suppress a culture is bad, and on a spectrum whose terminal point is genocide, but when we jump to the terminal point, we lose all ability to distinguish shades of grey in bad behavior.
- tomrod 5y agoActions considered genocide[0]: [A] Killing members of the group [B] Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group [C] Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction [D] Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group [E] Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide Uyghurs' experience absolutely qualifies.[1] Links [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genocide#Acts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genocide#Acts [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uyghur_genocide https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uyghur_genocide
- waffleiron 5y agoNot according to everyone. https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/02/19/china-uighurs-genocide-us-pompeo-blinken/ https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/02/19/china-uighurs-genocide-...