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[-] whithom@discuss.online 113 points 1 week ago

Because everyone knows if you say it’s not genocide, it’s not genocide. 🇨🇳🇮🇱🇷🇺🇺🇸

[-] billiam0202@lemmy.world 107 points 1 week ago

If it doesn't come from the Armenian region of Türkiye it's not a genocide, it's sparkling ethnic cleansing.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 31 points 1 week ago

Damn it, you came up with a better 'sparkling' joke than I was thinking of.

I bow to the master.

[-] billiam0202@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago

I've been relistening to the Hardcore History episodes about World War 1, and Dan Carlin makes an interesting observation: Türkiye gets so pissy when you call what the Young Turks did the "Armenian genocide" but genocides are so common throughout history that it would be notable if a country didn't commit one. Israel is also mad about calling what they're doing in Gaza as a genocide, insisting that the 40,000 Gazans who have been killed were obviously Hamas, even 70% of which were women and children.

"Genocide" and "Nazi" are now odd words in English- they're concepts that certain deplorable people have no qualms with idealizing and adhering to, as long as you don't call them that.

[-] whithom@discuss.online 6 points 1 week ago

I would also love to hear yours. That line of sparkling comparison is definitely something I’m going to add to my vocabulary

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

Unfortunately, two hours later, I've totally forgotten it. Sorry.

[-] whithom@discuss.online 3 points 1 week ago

Clap. Clap. Clap.

[-] Amphobet@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 week ago

Hi. Did you read the article, by any chance?

[-] cm0002@lemmy.world 32 points 1 week ago

I think he might have been commenting about how the opposition is/was fighting to keep the Genocide wording out of the article.

[-] whithom@discuss.online 13 points 1 week ago
[-] whithom@discuss.online 5 points 1 week ago

Israel doesn’t think it’s genocide.

[-] nightwatch_admin@feddit.nl 2 points 1 week ago

It’s fkn hilarious, it’s the god damn first line even.

[-] otp@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago

I don't get it. Did the irony/sarcasm of the top-level comment fly over your head?

[-] nightwatch_admin@feddit.nl 1 points 1 week ago

Apparently. To me it seems whithom did not read it, as the first line of the article is really clear.

[-] otp@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago

Yeah, I thought the sarcasm was pretty clear with all the flags that represent the countries whose governments would have that opinion un-ironically

[-] whithom@discuss.online 4 points 1 week ago

Israel doesn’t think it’s genocide.

[-] dlatch@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago

No no no, they don't say it's genocide. I'm pretty sure they are fully aware it's genocide, as that's the purpose.

[-] whithom@discuss.online 5 points 1 week ago

Hehe well, knowing your doing something and saying you’re doing something is definitely a skill authoritarian governments have mastered.

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