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"rojava should be wiped off the map by HTS" (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 3 months ago by multitotal@lemmygrad.ml to c/lemmygrad_court@lemmygrad.ml

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I reported that, but no action was taken.

Calling for ethnic cleansing of Kurds at the hands of Islamic fascists should be against the rules... right?

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[–] AlbigensianGhoul@lemmygrad.ml 19 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I personally don't think heated arguments or edgyness are good excuses for statements such as this one. I'm not well versed in Syrian or Middle-Eastern modern history myself, but I'm at least well aware that AANES as a state(-ish) entity was formed for the precise reason of combating genocidal forces in both ISIS and Turkey.

To advocate for the destruction of that in the current state of things can (and will, by the broader public) be read, not as ultra-leftism or idealistic anti-imperialism, but as cover for the very likely genocidal acts of the current victors of the war. Specially considering that a majority of the users here are from the Global North or otherwise very distant from the topics of discussion.

IMO we should hold ourselves to higher standards than that, or else we start looking like Reddit Trotskyists and raddle anarchists wishing death and destruction on any third world statelet because they don't align with our own much broader geopolitical interests.

[–] multitotal@lemmygrad.ml -1 points 3 months ago

IMO we should hold ourselves to higher standards than that, or else we start looking like Reddit Trotskyists and raddle anarchists wishing death and destruction on any third world statelet because they don’t align with our own much broader geopolitical interests.

Exactly this.