I think it is helpful to read other cases of genocide denial if you want to help yourself figure out what to engage with and what not to engage with. The talking points are exactly the same. All genocides work the same. It was hard to engage with friends and extended family members saying these things during #TigrayGenocide and I sure am not going to entertain that from others now.
"No we're not talking about the population its just this group we're calling animals"
A peer-reviewed research paper quantitatively analysing the common speech patterns of genocide denial - as you (@timnitGebru) have given examples of - for the #TigrayGenocide, the Yazidi, Rwanda, and what very much appears to be genocide against Palestinians, might be useful alongside genocide scholars' more qualitative analyses. The ethical AI community and genocide scholars could do useful work together ...
In Ethiopia, war crimes have continued unabated almost a year after a ceasefire was agreed between the country’s Government and forces from the northern Tigray region, UN-appointed independent rights experts said on Monday.
Deliberately killing 10% of the Tigrayan population from Nov 2020 to Nov 2022, by: systematically executing males of teenage age and above, massive systematic sexual violence, looting of most food/agricultural/industrial resources and holding a very tight siege is argued by several researchers as showing intent [1][2]. Clearly that was the #TigrayGenocide .
Ethiopia: Mass killings continue, risk of further ‘large-scale’ atrocities (news.un.org)
In Ethiopia, war crimes have continued unabated almost a year after a ceasefire was agreed between the country’s Government and forces from the northern Tigray region, UN-appointed independent rights experts said on Monday.