• slurpinderpin@lemmy.worldOP
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    8 days ago

    Go read the definition of war again. It doesn’t require a functioning state with a standing army. It doesn’t mention anything about civilian deaths. It’s literally just 2 sides engaged in an armed conflict. Want to argue about the definition of war? Write to Merriam Webster. I don’t care

    https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/war

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      7 days ago

      I’m using your definition of war. You just don’t like it when you realize it can be used to literally erase the holocaust the same way you’re trying to erase the genocide in Gaza.

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        7 days ago

        War and genocide can both be happening, it doesn’t have to be one or the other. As history has proved many times.