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Why has genocide denial become so much more commonplace? Whether historical examples like the Holocaust or the Armenians, or modern ones like Gaza, Xinjiang or even Rwanda for some reason, it seems like denial of genocide is everywhere
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Anonymous 1w

because people use the word genocide to win arguments without making any points, so people eventually just roll their eyes at it

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Anonymous 1w

Because calling something a genocide has major political implications for the perpetrator and the people who generally align with the perpetrator (and rightfully so)

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Anonymous 1w

What kind of people deny the Rwandan genocide?

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 1w

Also there’s usually a pretty high bar that needs to be met, and people don’t always agree on whether the bar was met

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 1w

The kind of people who think we’ve never been to outer space lmao

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1w

Oh 💀

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 1w

Yeah you see what I mean lmao

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