committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group, as such:
What Trump did is awful, of course, but was it really committed with this intent in mind?
Like I get what you’re saying, separating families at the border is harmful, cruel and driven by racism. But I’m not sure it counts as genocide. This from the CNN article:
The Physicians for Human Rights likened it to “torture,” and the American Academy of Pediatrics told CNN the Trump administration’s practice of separating families at the border was “child abuse.”
Seems totally fair to me. It is torture. It is abuse. It is callous and disgusting. But I feel like it would be a stretch to call it genocide, particularly with what Israel is doing in mind.
Look at the same list for Israel:
(a) Killing members of the group;
(b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group;
(d) Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group;
(e) Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.
Since it’s hard to keep up at this point they may have even done the last.
What I’m saying is that for all us that want to stop or at least minimize such horrendous acts, I think there should be a clear priority here. And honestly saying separating families at the border is genocide is really cheapening what genocide means.
But yeah pragmatically speaking there is only one harm it seems possible to stop with the election. UNLESS Harris changes her position, which is a thing she can do. Then we could stop both and to me that is what we should fight for in any way we can.
What Trump did is awful, of course, but was it really committed with this intent in mind?
Like I get what you’re saying, separating families at the border is harmful, cruel and driven by racism. But I’m not sure it counts as genocide. This from the CNN article:
Seems totally fair to me. It is torture. It is abuse. It is callous and disgusting. But I feel like it would be a stretch to call it genocide, particularly with what Israel is doing in mind.
Look at the same list for Israel:
Since it’s hard to keep up at this point they may have even done the last.
What I’m saying is that for all us that want to stop or at least minimize such horrendous acts, I think there should be a clear priority here. And honestly saying separating families at the border is genocide is really cheapening what genocide means.
But yeah pragmatically speaking there is only one harm it seems possible to stop with the election. UNLESS Harris changes her position, which is a thing she can do. Then we could stop both and to me that is what we should fight for in any way we can.