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The problem with that Israel statement isn’t the “not genocide” part; it’s the use of the word “shitty”. If I was a mod (or even something else with interest of engaging) approaching that, I’d reply something like “‘shitty’ is not a good word to describe the crimes against humanity happening in Gaza, though, with great disregard and bombings against human life and incredibly flimsy justification for attacking and even double-tapping civilian targets and centers” and see how they respond. I see no problem with
The thing I’m having difficulty seeing is mods applying a different standard to Palestinian genocide wording discussions than Uyghur in moderation actions like removal and banning, like “Dbzer0 is quite insistent on removing other forms of genocide denialism in that comm.”