“The threat from outside forces is far less sinister, dangerous, and grave, than the threat from within,” he wrote.
  • Semi-Hemi-Demigod
    5•1 year ago

    Also that the Rwandan genocide was preceded by Hutus by calling the Tutsi minority “vermin” and “cockroaches”

    • @tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      1•1 year ago

      Basically every act of mass violence begins with dehumanizing the enemy. Even well meaning people will be like “oh so he says inflammatory stuff, so what.” These words like ‘vermin’ are a specific call to action.