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Israel-Gaza Megathread #1
This is a megathread for any posts on the conflict between (so far, and so far as I know) Hamas and the Israeli government, as well as related geopolitics. Culture War thread rules apply.
"nazis ethnically cleansed Poland, rendering it almost 100% white" is heavily misleading as it was almost 100% white also before German murdering spree
Well we just have a different understanding of 'white'.
You see this descriptive as a catch-all for all populations of humans with vaguely pale pinkish skin but I make a distinction between Western Europeans / Eastern Europeans / Turks / Arabs / North Africans etc. Therefore displacing certain populations out of Eastern Europe during WW2 -> made Eastern Europe whiter.
Arguably this is also what Ukraine is trying to do right now, as Russians can have more Asian features than Ukrainians.
But I don't really understand your conception of the 'Ukraine nation'. Is it better for Ukraine to be ruled by (Russian-speaking) Ukrainian jews or by Russians? Do Russian-speakers have a place in the Ukrainian nation?
is heavily misleading as it was almost 100% white also before German murdering spree
You're missing the other part of the sentence
100% white and Catholic
An ethnicity or ethnic group is a grouping of people who identify with each other on the basis of perceived shared attributes that distinguish them from other groups. Those attributes can include a common nation of origin, or common sets of ancestry, traditions, language, history, society, religion, or social treatment.
Likewise Israelis and Palestinians are very close in ancestry but with very important differences in culture and religion. I suppose that they do have some commonalities like their brutality toward non-kin sharing the space and their inability to love their enemies.
I am still waiting for withdrawal of your lies about supposed genocide denial
"You're missing the other part of the sentence" - yes, because it was actually true and it started in thread where you made bizarre claim about Holocaust making Poland significantly whiter
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Well we just have a different understanding of 'white'. You see this descriptive as a catch-all for all populations of humans with vaguely pale pinkish skin but I make a distinction between Western Europeans / Eastern Europeans / Turks / Arabs / North Africans etc. Therefore displacing certain populations out of Eastern Europe during WW2 -> made Eastern Europe whiter. Arguably this is also what Ukraine is trying to do right now, as Russians can have more Asian features than Ukrainians. But I don't really understand your conception of the 'Ukraine nation'. Is it better for Ukraine to be ruled by (Russian-speaking) Ukrainian jews or by Russians? Do Russian-speakers have a place in the Ukrainian nation?
You're missing the other part of the sentence
Likewise Israelis and Palestinians are very close in ancestry but with very important differences in culture and religion. I suppose that they do have some commonalities like their brutality toward non-kin sharing the space and their inability to love their enemies.
I am still waiting for withdrawal of your lies about supposed genocide denial
"You're missing the other part of the sentence" - yes, because it was actually true and it started in thread where you made bizarre claim about Holocaust making Poland significantly whiter
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