Good read, gives me a lot of hope for this project.
I look forward to an exciting future with all of you.
(Also- hopefully this wasn’t posted already)
https://join-lemmy.org/news/2023-06-17_-_Update_from_Lemmy_after_the_Reddit_blackout
This was written by the Lemmy devs.
Here is Dessalines denying that any genocide is taking place: https://lemmy.ml/comment/471382
They can say “we don’t support genocide” all day long, but denying that any genocide is taking place and actively trying to persuade others that no genocide is happening isn’t any better.
I argue that it unintentionally supports a genocide since they’re using a platform to (inadvertently) hide the genocide from the public by convincing others that nothing of the sort is happening.
Refutation of a baseless claim from a geopolitical rival, is not the same as denial.
True. But Dessalines literally says that he agrees with people who disagree that a genocide is taking place. That is a denial. We can shuffle syntax around all day long.
Link is down
Weird, I just went to it and it seems to work. I’ll SS it and post it in my comment for ease.
I for one do definitely believe that there is a genocide happening and I’m appalled that we can’t do more about it. But people trust in different sources of information. Not believing that a genocide is happening is not the same as actually endorsing genocide.
Do you accept that the United States is claiming there is a genocide in China? Why don’t the United States say anything about the forced sterilization of immigrants in the US border? Do you really trust the US government after decades of lies during the Cold War? To deny there is a “genocide” with the population of China is simply to reject the claim of the greatest enemy of China, which is the US. They are in a war, you shouldn’t take US word at face value.