This comment was in response to someone expressing regret about joining .ml if I recall correctly

Edit: I’m convinced all this guy does is camp out in front of his computer and wait for an excuse to abuse what itty bitty power he has.

      • Kaboom@reddthat.comEnglish
        29·
        2 months ago

        Great, so we agree. White people committed a genocide against the Indians when they conquered the Americas, just like Muslims committed a genocide against the Jews when they conquered the Middle East.

        • PugJesus@lemmy.worldMEnglish
          42·
          2 months ago

          Accepting that premise for the sake of the argument, since the history of the region’s disruption of the Jewish population predates Islam, so does that genocide justify another genocide some hundreds of years later?

            • PugJesus@lemmy.worldMEnglish
              32·
              2 months ago

              Holy fucking shit dude, if you aren’t aware that the Jewish diaspora significantly pre-dates Islam and that there was no longer a Jewish majority in the region by the 7th century AD, I can’t fucking help you.

            • PugJesus@lemmy.worldMEnglish
              31·
              2 months ago

              It doesn’t.

              Okay, so far you’re in agreement, then, that contrary to your initial claim, ethnic cleansing is NOT an acceptable response, you just disagree as to whether ethnic cleansing is ongoing. Is that correct?

              • goat@sh.itjust.worksMEnglish
                2·
                2 months ago

                I think there are some good arguments about what counts as an ethnic cleansing when the population is entirely homogenous.

                Is what Russia doing to the Ukraine an ethnic cleansing, considering their lack of diversity? What about the lack of diversity in Gaza? Turns into a semantic argument, really.

                • PugJesus@lemmy.worldMEnglish
                  2·
                  2 months ago

                  Not sure I understand. Wouldn’t a clear ethnic majority in an area being removed to make way for a minority only make ethnic cleansing more apparent than the reverse?

                  Is what Russia doing to the Ukraine an ethnic cleansing, considering their lack of diversity?

                  Yes, absolutely.

                  • goat@sh.itjust.worksMEnglish
                    2·
                    2 months ago

                    What I’m saying is that the laws of what is considered genocide become blurry depending on how diverse that area is.

              • Kaboom@reddthat.comEnglish
                45·
                2 months ago

                Hamas is the one ethnically cleansing. The IDF isn’t. Remember, Hamas has been very explicit about wanting to kill every single Jew. It’s even in their charter. The IDF meanwhile does not want more Jews to die.

                • PugJesus@lemmy.worldMEnglish
                  32·
                  2 months ago

                  Okay, so far you’re in agreement, then, that contrary to your initial claim, ethnic cleansing is NOT an acceptable response, you just disagree as to whether ethnic cleansing is ongoing. Is that correct?

                  • Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
                    42·
                    2 months ago

                    You are arguing with someone that believes in the 40 decapitated babies lie because the IDF said so. Just a heads-up that you are wasting your time like I did.