• @dragontamer
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    11 months ago

    Israel can do terrible things without it being a genocide.

    The USA’s bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were terrible things. But they were not genocidal.

    You’re the one fixated on calling it a genocide. I’m more than happy to say that Israel’s settlers in the West Bank are assholes or that the Bibi government is full of right-wing power mongers or whatever. But genocide is a completely different word yo and shouldn’t be used so wantonly.

    • Sybil
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      111 months ago

      USA’s bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

      so WWII analogies are fine, but only wehn you use them to excuse genocide.

      • @dragontamer
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        111 months ago

        Apparently you like WW2, so I’m trying to work with you here. The millions of people the USA killed in Japan do not constitute a genocide. And Japan agrees with us. War is war. A genocide is a well defined thing. A systematic erasure of a culture, a people. The closest thing to a genocide in Israel right now is West Bank IMO, with the settler issue which is causing displacements and whatever. But that’s not the Gaza situation you’re talking about.

        • Sybil
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          111 months ago

          War is war.

          but what’s happening in gaza is not a war because gaza is a ghetto inside israel. it’s a genocide.

          • @dragontamer
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            111 months ago

            Yeah. I’ll call it at this point. I’m not sure if there’s much usefulness to this discussion to me anymore. We’ve covered this topic already.

            • Sybil
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              111 months ago

              I thought you were done hours ago. bye.

              • @dragontamer
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                111 months ago

                Are you randomly going to contact me again in a few minutes? As I said, I try not to block people. But we can let this discussion die out if you want.

                But my inbox is remains open if you want to continue discussing. I just personally don’t want us going in circles. So if you’re serious about letting this discussion lie, I’m cool with it.

                • Sybil
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                  111 months ago

                  I’m not the one who has lied twice about walking away.

    • Sybil
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      111 months ago

      Israel can do terrible things without it being a genocide.

      but it is a genocide, so this is moot.