Person 1: “Israel and Palestine have both done some horrid things to each other and deprived each other of basic needs. That isn’t something where genocide comes to mind.”
Person 2: “What Israel is doing to Palestine is genocide though.”
Person 1: “It’s a war crime. Not all war crimes are a genocide. Certain criteria have to be fulfilled for that. Similar to how not all mass shootings are acts of terrorism. Are you really dedicating a whole confrontation just to debate semantics?”
Person 2: Provides links to Amnesty International
Person 1: “I’m going by dictionary definitions, not what a certain biased organization says. I wouldn’t deny both of the organizations you mention there are biased. But the dictionary isn’t. Suppose you are right and the ADL is biased and controlled “by Zionism” (which sounds a bit like a conspiracy theory). What does that make the Snopes organization? What does that make the literal 50% of America who doesn’t disagree with the ADL? What does that make the people who call it a double standard that so many people are willing to support murder of one kind but not another, or that intentions matter sometimes but not all the time?”
Yeah thats genocide denial. This person is arguing in bad faith I think
Two questions: Is isreal committing genocide? Is this person denying that?
If a is yes and b is yes, it sounds like this person is denying a genocide.
Honest question, what part of the dictionary definition suggests that this isnt genocide?
Genocide is a legal term. A dictionary don’t go into details like that
Details like what? Exterminating an ethnic group, either by murder, displacement or cultural eradication, genocide is genocide.
Like intent and the 5 actions that if one of them is proved they is a genocide
None of that has been mentioned by op, beyond “here is the actual definition of genocide.” op pointed to the amnesty international definition, and was refused by his opponent. so defaulting to the dictionary… Isreal is exterminating an ethnic group intentionally… Its fkn genocide.
What are you on about? Either we go by the legal definition of genocide, which isreal clearly meets, or we go by the dictionary definition of genocide that isreal clearly meets… What point do you think you are making?
Are you saying it can’t be genocide cause that must be proven in a court of law? That is asinine.
You are misunderstanding me there is definitely a genocide based on the official definition by the international law that is the definition that should be used and not the one in a random dictionary
I’m not misunderstanding you, you are misunderstanding op. the official definition was rejected. I didn’t come up with that dumb shit, their opponent did. I’m merely stating that denying that its genocide based on any definition available is fkn stupid, regardless of if its legalistic or layman.
Amnesty international is biased but not the dictionary?
This dude will push people into a cattle wagon saying it’s helping marginalized people to travel
I’m going by dictionary definitions, not what a certain biased organization says.
Would it be biased if they were saying what person 1 wanted to hear?
I wouldn’t deny both of the organizations you mention there are biased. But the dictionary isn’t.
That person doesn’t understand how the dictionary works.
Suppose you are right and the ADL is biased and controlled “by Zionism” (which sounds a bit like a conspiracy theory).
See the response to point 1
What does that make the Snopes organization?
Community sourced fact checkers.
What does that make the literal 50% of America who doesn’t disagree with the ADL?
Idiots. ADL is a good idea implemented and run horribly to the point it doesn’t do what’s on the label.
What does that make the people who call it a double standard that so many people are willing to support murder of one kind but not another
Racists.
or that intentions matter sometimes but not all the time?
Person 1 is incapable of seeing the world in anything but absolutes and shouldn’t be in any position of authority, including over a dog.
How could the dictionary be biased? Genuine question i promise im not piling on in bad faith or anything
It isn’t that it’s biased, it’s that the dictionary shows current usage updated every so often, sometimes with historical usage also. That’s why laws and ordinances often seem long-winded, they’re defining their meanings to try to avoid the change languages go through (except French).
what the hell is wrong with people, first they claim holocaust never happened and now they deny what is literally happening right now. Or at least try to downplay it which is ultimately same in today’s world of everything getting buried under million other things
This is the dictionary definition:
the deliberate and systematic destruction of a racial, political, or cultural group
And this is a quote from Israel’s Defence Minister, Yoav Gallant:
We will eliminate everything - they will regret it
He also said:
We are fighting human animals, and we are acting accordingly
And here’s a quote from Amit Halevi, a Likud member in parliament:
There should be two goals for this victory: One, there is no more Muslim land in the land of Israel … After we make it the land of Israel, Gaza should be left as a monument, like Sodom
Those are just some examples that I could find with a quick search, but they clearly show a will to perform a deliberate and systematic destruction of the Palestine people. Therefore since they act on those wishes I would definitely define it as a genocide.
