'The only possible way that anyone wouldn't see this as a genocide is if they don't believe Palestinians are human.'
Dehumanisation is one of the ten stages of genocide. Members of the Israeli govt have regularly referred to Palestinians as vermin etc. And many supporters of just about everything Israel does deny the existence of Palestinians as a group of people with their own culture and right to self-determination. Air quotes around the word 'Palestinian' is a sign of the denial, and unfortunately happens even here at DU. That exchange might give you some background into what you've read in this thread. The dehumanising of Palestinians also comes across in the tendency to talk about them only as numbers, and then to laser focus in on arguing the accuracy of numbers, and not treat them as individuals. The same people will make a point of putting faces to names of Israelis, and when on rare occassions a killing of a Palestinian is so horrific that it breaks through to the international media, like the murder of Hind Rajab, defenders of Israel quickly swing into action labelling it a hoax and blood libel.
I'm always up for a respectful back and forth with people who disagree with me on genocide unless they're fascists, Nazis or is clearly armed with very little knowledge of genocide and the I/P conflict and have zero interest in learning anything that might conflict with their views. The third is the reason I won't waste my time engaging this time round.
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