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I don't think appealing to how good a country is at breeding is a valid counter to its genocidal tendencies. That's probably the strangest argument I've ever seen.

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Well we’ve already established that the use of the term genocide is nonsense, I’m arguing something different. In this case that the type of defective thinking displayed in the idea you need to be a member of some institution to apply your intellect is in part responsible for the fact every other developed society is dying, it has to do with agency and libido (the psychological sense of the term).

No we have not established that. You've asserted it without evidence.

50k civilians dead out of a population of 2.2M. The population of Gaza has increased since the war began. That’s not a genocide insofar as the word means anything.

If it was a genocide you would expect basically 90% of the population of Gaza to be dead. Israel controls the water supply and the food into Gaza, they could just poison the food and water, dropping bombs isn’t even necessary.

I don’t know how to make it more simple than that.

Thanks for the gish gallop.

Where do population statistics on Gaza come from?

What's the minimum number of deaths that make a genocide?

Why would Israel want to completely exterminate its pet guinea pig surveillance beta testers?

Do some people enjoy inflicting terror?

Can you inflict terror on dead people?

Ok so you agree there’s no genocide, I guess because they want to keep them alive for fun or something.

What's the minimum number of deaths that make a genocide?

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