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[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 130 points 3 months ago

They're violating the Olympic truce.

They banned Russia for it. Why not Israel?

[-] TallonMetroid@lemmy.world 42 points 3 months ago

Obviously, because being the target of a genocide 80 years ago gives you a free pass to do whatever you want forever. Russia's problem is that they've never been hit with a genocide themselves, so they don't get a free pass. /S

[-] Aqarius@lemmy.world 27 points 3 months ago

You know, all things aside, it's kinda sad people don't even remember anymore that the Nazis weren't just after Jews.

[-] bufalo1973@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 months ago

It's funny that, if it was a numeric question, more Russians died in WW2 than Jews.

[-] leftzero@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 3 months ago

Russia's problem is that they've never been hit with a genocide themselves

Haven't they hit themselves with genocides about half a dozen times or so in their history..?

“And then things got worse” and all that...

Or do you only get a free pass if the genocide wasn't self inflicted..?

[-] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

They ironically got hit with a genocide from the same people who did it to the Jews. Twenty-seven million dead at the hands of the nazis.

[-] leftzero@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 3 months ago

That wasn't a genocide, though, at least on the Nazis' part, it was just war... (now, Stalin deciding who to send to that meat grinder could have been a tad genocidal, but if I recall correctly they practically ended up sending anyone available, so probably not...)

[-] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

The majority of the deaths were civilians.

But if you want to get hyper-technical, communists were among those sent to the camps in Hitler's purges.

[-] FarceOfWill@infosec.pub 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Genociding yourself is an internal matter, even if you invade first so it becomes part of your country and then start the genociding.

Naming no names. You know who

[-] MataVatnik@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

Because there are still a lot of genocidal apologists that influence political opinion. Especially in the US.

[-] uranibaba@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

Perhaps it is not considered a war?

[-] NoSpotOfGround@lemmy.world 35 points 3 months ago

It's a special ethnic adjustment operation.

[-] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 3 months ago

I mean maybe not technically war but fuck it feels like committing genocide is worse than a war.

But not like Olympics Committee actually cares about anything other than getting publicity

[-] Neon@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago

Russia is banned because of doping

[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)
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