• goat@sh.itjust.worksOPM
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      1 year ago

      They deny the Holodomor and Uyghur genocide. As well as paint Stalin as a benevolent leader.

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          Taken from Wikipedia:

          In 1948, the United Nations Genocide Convention defined genocide as any of five “acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group.” These five acts were: killing members of the group, causing them serious bodily or mental harm, imposing living conditions intended to destroy the group, preventing births, and forcibly transferring children out of the group.

          So, while there may be debate on whether the Holdomor technically meets the definition of a genocide, it still constitutes mass murder.

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            That is not necessarily true because it is not easy to establish intent. As far as I know there is not a clear idea on even the numbers, only estimates that have been quite far apart. I do not think there is adequate grounds to conclude that it was done with intent, nor to rule it out, hence why it is under debate.

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                Would you consider the frequent man-made famines in ireland in the 19th century, including the very famous great famine, an example of ‘genocide’ or mass murder?

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                Of course not and I think the most valuable we can learn from history is how to prevent something of the kind from happening again.

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                  That’s why we should steer away from authoritarianism, which is what these communities want.

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                Canada recognizes its multiple genocides against the First Nations. We have days dedicated to indigenous Canadians and activly trying to put indigenous voices first.

                The same can’t be said about China, Russia or the US.

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          Would someone who denied, say, the Holocaust not be a bad person because of their ‘alleged stances’?

          You want to go home, and rethink your life.

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            At some point you gotta live with em, you can try to tell a tankie or a Trumper the truth and they’ll nod along politly but still get drunk and spout nonsense. as long as they ain’t starting a militia or beating they wife might as well let the old dog bark

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                Uhm, I do not think you have a good understanding of what I am saying if you think I do not care deeply for the Ukrainian people both then and now. I understand that it is upsetting to debate something as horrible as what happened, but that is also why it is important to try to get the narrative right.

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                    I think it is debatable to some degree and I am not an authority on the subject. I would rather listen to someone more knowledgeable than myself talk about it.

    • WtfEvenIsExistence3️@reddthat.com
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      So they dislike Western Capitalism, but are okay with China style State-Capitalism 🤔

      Lmfao tankies aren’t even leftists, just red-fascist. True leftists are anti-state.