how has a whole subsection of the """left""" has convinced itself that a group can't do genocide without it being a directly stated policy? it is baffling.
apparently all one has to do to get away with genocide is deny intent.
@exiliaex because it's convenient to believe people that it would be complicated for you to have to have issues with?
@exiliaex people want to preserve convenient fictions that allow them to not question moral axioms. It's easier, in that context, to pretend that all people who commit bad actions - like genocide - explicitly declare that they do so, and potentially twirl moustaches evilly as they do it. Thus, when groups you want to continue to believe are "good" take actions with a "bad result", we can console ourselves with the idea that it wasn't "intentional" so they're still okay.