Genocide that feels like self-defense is still genocide

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Hot take

If you think you're fighting discussion More specifically: using violence in self-defense, but your definition of a threat discussion More specifically: a threat that "shall be neutralized with deadly force" is so broad that it includes almost an entire ethnic group, then you are supporting genocide.

Mass murder that feels like self-defense is still mass murder

  • Nazi Germany: The holocaust was motivated by the belief that a Jew is a threat to the German economy.
  • Israel: Israel defines "Hamas combattant" so loosely that the majority of Palestinians could fit the definition.
  • Hamas: Hamas "doesn't kill all Jews, only Zionists", but defines "Zionist" so loosely that the majority of Jews could fit the definition.
  • Rwanda: (not written yet)
  • Soviet Russia: (not written yet)
  • Maoist China: (not written yet)
  • White nationalism: (not written yet)

Important principles

  • Stupidity is more common than evil: The majority of a population can be wrong about a lot of things, but that doesn't mean they deserve to die.

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