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Namibian President Hage G. Geingob blasted Germany on Saturday for defending Israel at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, pointing to the genocide Germany itself perpetrated on Namibians in the early 1900s.

  • roastedDeflator@kbin.socialOP
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    10 months ago

    “you did genocide too” is not an argument for anything

    Actually that’s not the argument.

    The argument is: first recognize all your genocides, before attempting to defend one.

    • Draedron@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      10 months ago

      We recognize the genocide against hereros and Namas as genocide though. We even started paying reparations recently finally.