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michaelmrose on July 15, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: I Have No Enemies: My Final Statement (2009)

Cultural genocide is an abomination of a term. It misappropriates a word that conjures up unspeakable horror of mass extermination in order to make suppression of cultural activities / works as bad as mass murder. Its about as bad as statutory rape.

sametmax on July 15, 2017 | [–]

It's just a colorful metaphore. Chill out.

fit2rule on July 15, 2017 | [–]

Especially egregious considering that all culture is a lie and it genocides itself by default anyway.

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