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
      28·
      21 days 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·
        21 days 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?

        • YourPrivatHaterEnglish
          36·
          21 days ago

          Thats just not true and that argument speaks volumes about the little knowledge you seem to have about the area.

          • PugJesus@lemmy.worldMEnglish
            32·
            21 days 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·
            21 days 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·
              20 days 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·
                20 days 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·
                  20 days 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·
              21 days 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·
                21 days 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·
                  21 days 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.

                  • Kaboom@reddthat.comEnglish
                    17·
                    20 days ago

                    Okay, why would the IDF decapitate 40 babies? Id might believe it if it was some sort of accident, but the only group shown to deliberately kill children is Hamas.