re: #291 Nyet

The picture could be complex, including both deaths as part of a genocide and deaths as part of an unintentional introduction of new germs. They even could be both, as documented in one case. If what wiki says about 80-90% of the NA population dying of diseases, it could very well be both that deaths of most Native Americans were not part of a genocide, and that there was a genocide for the rest. It need not be either/or.

Thing is, its not about complexity. It’s about people who aren’t majority-Native in their ancestry not wanting to be shamed and what genocide is associated with. No one wants to have their ancestors and their country associated with bodies such as the Waffen SS or Arkan’s Tigers.