• jet@hackertalks.com
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    Wikipedia Wikipedia 2 UN Human rights watch Wiktionary

    I’m sorry you have a fight with the English language, but this term is well defined. It is defined in a legal sense, by both people who have suffered from genocide, and people who want to prevent genocide. Including the government of Israel which is committing a genocide, by their own definition, against the people of Palestine.

    If you want to argue that English should be different, Wikipedia talks, and wikitionary talk pages are good places to do it. You could also reach out to your local State department, and petition them to get the definition of genocide changed.

    We here on Lemmy cannot resolve your dispute with the English language, sorry

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      I already know people like to broaden the term (and ignore the - cide) to serve their own needs. But alas, I’m here to educate, not follow.

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        Please educate the 1948 UN delegates.

        Your fight is with the dictionary, not with me

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          Both the dictionary and the UN already agree with me

          noun the deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group.

          https://www.dictionary.com/browse/genocide

          To constitute genocide, there must be a proven intent on the part of perpetrators to physically destroy a national, ethnical, racial or religious group. Cultural destruction does not suffice, nor does an intention to simply disperse a group.

          https://www.un.org/en/genocideprevention/genocide.shtml

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            It’s funny but everything here is stuff Israel already did. Like in my head I’m saying, “check” and moving to the next one.

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            Please see the genocide scholar article linked elsewhere in this discussion for the real argument as to why the Israeli government actions constitute genocide

            Ethnic cleansing is component of genocide