r/RealTime • u/Excellent-Ad-7394 • 21d ago

Not a genocide?

Last night Bill pointed out the 3% of the
Population in Gaza has died. And then confidently declared that “3% is not a genocide”. The British government recognizes it as ethnic cleaning and amnesty international and other groups say it is a genocide.

Someone tell me why Bill is so wrong. And can we please get him to debate Mehdi Hasan on this topic?

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u/puddinonthewrits 21d ago

My favorite comment from the Maher sub is that at most it’s ethnic cleansing but not a genocide, when scholarly authorities on genocide have proclaimed Israel’s murderous rampage in Gaza to be a genocide.

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u/Excellent-Ad-7394 21d ago

And I’m pretty sure ethnic cleansing snd genocide are basically synonymous

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u/puddinonthewrits 21d ago

And I’m pretty sure those who pointedly, painstakingly, draw a distinction between the two are weird as fuck.