How could you possibly label the Iranian war so far a genocide?

sdsd 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

The word genocide is currently undergoing semantic bleaching (https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/very-actually-and-ot...). It's too powerful a word for propagandists/activists to resist beating it into oblivion in the service of their causes.

	▲	fhejfnenjdcn 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		Targeting civilians, hospitals, and food distribution networks is just normal warfare! Israel has a right to defend itself! Their land was promised to us thousands of years ago, and they have no right living on it!

"Time for bridge and powerplant day! A whole civilization dies tonight!"

That’s fair as a very troubling threat. So far it hasn’t materialized. Seems to be the boy who cried wolf.

	▲	kg 2 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I think you picked the wrong analogy. The US threatened unjustifiable acts targeting civilian population & infrastructure, and to a degree has followed through - for example bombing water facilities: https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/us-bombs-iran-w...
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