Namibian President Hage G. Geingob blasted Germany on Saturday for defending Israel at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, pointing to the genocide Germany itself perpetrated on Namibians in the early 1900s.

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Namibian President Hage G. Geingob blasted Germany on Saturday for defending Israel at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, pointing to the genocide Germany itself perpetrated on Namibians in the early 1900s.

  • roastedDeflator@kbin.socialOP
    173·
    10 months ago

    “you did genocide too” is not an argument for anything

    Actually that’s not the argument.

    The argument is: first recognize all your genocides, before attempting to defend one.

    • Draedron@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      4·
      10 months ago

      We recognize the genocide against hereros and Namas as genocide though. We even started paying reparations recently finally.

    • UnfortunateShort@lemmy.world
      29·
      10 months ago

      Which would still be a stupid argument, because these two alleged genocides are very different in nature, scale and also completely unrelated. I disagree that that’s the argument tho.

      • roastedDeflator@kbin.socialOP
        93·
        10 months ago

        From the article posted here:

        “The German government is yet to fully atone for the genocide it committed on Namibian soil,” Geingob’s office said on social media.

        “In light of Germany’s inability to draw lessons from its horrific history, President Geingob expresses deep concern with the shocking decision communicated by [Germany] … in which it rejected the morally upright indictment brought forward by South Africa before the ICJ that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza,” Geingob’s office said.