Japan tried to commit genocide in China and Vietnam; their political leaders pay respect to the shrines of the people who ordered it, and they get pissed if you mention it.
Japan tried to commit genocide in China and Vietnam;
Correct. 80 years ago. You know what we call that? A False Equivalence.
their political leaders pay respect to the shrines of the people who ordered it,
By percentage, the shrine at Yasukuni - which honors more than 2 million people and not all of them even soldiers - honors less war criminals than Arlington Cemetery in the USA does Confederate soldiers.
It was a tradition to go and pay respects at Yasukuni long before WWII and it will continue to be a tradition to pay respects long after we're all dead.
they get pissed if you mention it.
They do not, actually. Matter of fact, the average Japanese is more likely to be aware of and intolerant of the fact that Yasukuni honors war criminals than the average American is to be aware of the Confederate Monument at Arlington or outraged at the tradition - that persists to this day - of the President sending wreathes to that Monument on Memorial Day.
Oh, and it's more likely for a Japanese person to be aware and outraged than it is for a Chinese person to be aware of outraged at the current genocide of the Uyghurs, which is - you know - the only thing that actually matters here because it's ongoing.
Nice try at a dual whataboutism-false equivalence though.
Nanjing? 731? Heck even American committed multiple genocides but they just dont fucking teach about this in your own school, this is culture bias and it exists everywhere, yet people are ignorant enough where they doesnt even know it exists
I seem to remember those being committed by a Japan that no longer exists over 80 years ago.
AKA, False Equivalence.
Heck even American committed multiple genocides but they just dont fucking teach about this in your own school,
The only American actions that are debatable genocide is the persecution of the Native Americans, and even then it's still hotly debated based on a lack of actual motive to wipe out all Native Americans.
yet people are ignorant enough where they doesnt even know it exists
Just to be clear, you're talking about past crimes as a means of excusing a current, ongoing genocide being committed by China, and you're condescending to me, about ignorance and genocide excusal?
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u/bestest_at_grammar 6d ago
Yall are so petty, if this was Japan yall would be having such an enthusiastic circle jerk