Cancel culture in Ukraine
Cancel culture in Ukraine
What happens in Odessa will shape what kind of country Ukraine becomes
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No, because in that scenario there's a choice. Chinese Americans have the choice of attending schools where their language and culture is taught.
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Absolutely. Because it's attempting to stamp out a language and culture with no alternative.
Isn't that similar to celebrating Russian Independence Day on June 12th in Ukraine? Or celebrating Hitler's Birthday in Britain after they joined the war? I just don't see how that's genocidal. It's not allowing people to celebrate the enemy.
"Enemy" is a relative term. Imprisoning the Japanese in internment camps was a genocidal act. It was an attempt to eliminate a culture because of a perception that they were "the enemy" when they were not.
But I am not talking about Japanese internment camps nor am I justifying them. Again, I am talking about celebrating the independence day of the country invading yours. I just don't see how banning that is genocide.
You're talking about "the enemy" which, as noted, is a relative term.
Actively quashing a culture with the intent to eliminate it is genocide. That's item (c) of the definition.
I gave a specific scenario. A country refusing to let people celebrate the independence day of the invading force. Which is who I was defining as "the enemy," and I'm not sure how you weren't clear on that. In this case, "the enemy" is Russia, which I think you agree with me about.
And I just do not see how Ukraine banning the celebration of Russian independence day counts as genocide.
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