By fascist logic, whites deserve genocide

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What separates “white genocide” from other forms of genocide—aside from the fact that it’s not real—is that it involves no actual violence. White nationalists define “white genocide” as the “Great Replacement” of whites through a combination of low birth rates, miscegenation and mass immigration from non-white counties.

Real genocide is represented visually by haunting images of mass graves and skeletal prisoners inside concentration camps, whereas “white genocide” looks like a mixed-race couple in an Old Navy ad.

In 100 percent of genocides historically, the perpetrator has been a majority both in terms of numbers and power that uses overwhelming force to annihilate a much smaller minority. But the narrative of “white genocide” flips this on its head. When the alt-right calls an ad with a mixed-race couple “genocide,” they’re alleging that a tiny minority— i.e. the Jews—is carrying out a genocide on the white majority…