In contrast, they’re not really the barbarians we were talking about(, in french)(, on Stockholm syndrome).
And yeah, of course, so much destruction, and so many deaths, necessary apparently.
Wikipedia talks about 100.000 deaths since 1920(, and more than 7 million refugees), but that doesn’t include those who died in jail, outside conflicts, nor infant mortality or other deaths due to living conditions. Others speak about 2 million deaths(, or even more than 5 million).
The person you’re responding to is joking, but I get the sentiment. I too have seen lemmitors say that these people “don’t count” because they are on the “terrorist team” or whatever. It’s maddening to see how quickly their empathy goes away as soon as a group becomes the designated villain of the week.