Whether something is genocide should be based on its own merits (are people being killed en masse because of their religion/race/etc?), not how much it resembles another genocide.
Here’s a good definition:
The systematic and widespread extermination or attempted extermination of a national, racial, religious, or ethnic group.
If that describes what’s happening, then it’s a genocide. If it’s really close, it’s probably genocide. What’s going on with the Uyghurs is pretty close, and given we don’t have transparency, we must assume it’s a genocide. Likewise with Palestinians.
It’s not complicated, just look at the definition and see how much lines up.
I think it’s C: a bad faith comparison.
Whether something is genocide should be based on its own merits (are people being killed en masse because of their religion/race/etc?), not how much it resembles another genocide.
Here’s a good definition:
If that describes what’s happening, then it’s a genocide. If it’s really close, it’s probably genocide. What’s going on with the Uyghurs is pretty close, and given we don’t have transparency, we must assume it’s a genocide. Likewise with Palestinians.
It’s not complicated, just look at the definition and see how much lines up.