Ethnic cleansing against Muslims is happening in Central African Republic

Mordo · January 14, 2015, 12:11:41 PM

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/ethnic-cleansing-muslims-central-african-republic-28085644
And the death toll is higher than the Boko Haram massacre in Nigeria. Most of the perpetrators are Christian.

Shiet, how many of you even knew this was going on?

Alternative Facts · January 14, 2015, 12:12:38 PM

This was posted the other day. As I said then:

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Mass violence and ethnic cleansing in a war torn, corrupt African nation?

99.9% sure this was common knowledge.

Mordo · January 14, 2015, 12:13:56 PM

Quote from: Icy on January 14, 2015, 12:12:38 PM

This was posted the other day. As I said then:

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Mass violence and ethnic cleansing in a war torn, corrupt African nation?

99.9% sure this was common knowledge.

"It's Africa, therefore there's no discussion value"

Um, I hope that's not what you're getting at.

Alternative Facts · January 14, 2015, 12:15:22 PM

Quote from: Madman Mordo on January 14, 2015, 12:13:56 PM

Quote from: Icy on January 14, 2015, 12:12:38 PM
This was posted the other day. As I said then:

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Mass violence and ethnic cleansing in a war torn, corrupt African nation?

99.9% sure this was common knowledge.
"It's Africa, therefore there's no discussion value"

Um, I hope that's not what you're getting at.

Not at all - just that anyone who has studied basic history and reads the news is aware how fucked up Africa is, especially after Rwanda. It's pretty much expected that there's ethnic cleansing, genocide, mass murder, etc. in at least one country.

Mordo · January 14, 2015, 12:17:31 PM

Quote from: Icy on January 14, 2015, 12:15:22 PM

Quote from: Madman Mordo on January 14, 2015, 12:13:56 PM
Quote from: Icy on January 14, 2015, 12:12:38 PM
This was posted the other day. As I said then:

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Mass violence and ethnic cleansing in a war torn, corrupt African nation?

99.9% sure this was common knowledge.
"It's Africa, therefore there's no discussion value"

Um, I hope that's not what you're getting at.

Not at all - just that anyone who has studied basic history and reads the news is aware how fucked up Africa is, especially after Rwanda. It's pretty much expected that there's ethnic cleansing, genocide, mass murder, etc. in at least one country.

Yes, I'm completely aware.

Not sure what your statement served other than pointing out the obvious though.

More Than Mortal · January 14, 2015, 12:18:39 PM

Yeah, I posted about this the other day.

It's just fucking tragic, to be honest. It's made worse by the fact that there's no 'good guys'--much like Syria--as the Christian-Animist group anti-Balaka doing these attacks is retaliating to a coup by the Islamist group Seleka.

Cindy · January 14, 2015, 12:23:15 PM

Boy am I glad to be a white chick in a first world country

Magos Domina · January 14, 2015, 03:32:13 PM

I said it once and I'll say it again. Africa should never have been introduced to the Abrahamic religions. These kinds of things have been going on for decades.

gats · January 14, 2015, 03:34:09 PM

Quote from: Kiyohime on January 14, 2015, 03:32:13 PM

I said it once and I'll say it again. Africa should never have been introduced to the Abrahamic religions. These kinds of things have been going on for decades.

They seem to be pretty easily influenced, religious leaders obviously used this to their advantage.

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Mordo · January 14, 2015, 03:51:10 PM

Quote from: challengerX on January 14, 2015, 03:41:56 PM

Good.
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Turkey · January 14, 2015, 09:08:26 PM

Quote from: Kiyohime on January 14, 2015, 03:32:13 PM

I said it once and I'll say it again. Africa should never have been introduced to the Abrahamic religions. These kinds of things have been going on for decades.

Those religions developed in north Africa. They weren't just introduced willy nilly.

Magos Domina · January 14, 2015, 09:21:34 PM

Quote from: HurtfulTurkey on January 14, 2015, 09:08:26 PM

Quote from: Kiyohime on January 14, 2015, 03:32:13 PM
I said it once and I'll say it again. Africa should never have been introduced to the Abrahamic religions. These kinds of things have been going on for decades.

Those religions developed in north Africa. They weren't just introduced willy nilly.

Christianity was when missionaries went to countries to "help"

Lemy the Lizerd · January 14, 2015, 10:41:05 PM

nigga muslims are not an ethnic group

Forgewolf · January 14, 2015, 10:56:37 PM

Too bad few are going to care.. Probably because radical Muslims have wronged this planet far more than a Jew ever did. ; )

Mordo · January 15, 2015, 06:35:12 AM

Quote from: Lemy the Lizerd on January 14, 2015, 10:41:05 PM

nigga muslims are not an ethnic group

Religion falls under the official definition of Ethnic Cleansing even though they aren't actually an ethnicity.

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Alternative Facts · January 15, 2015, 07:40:45 AM

Quote from: Dustin xLilD on January 15, 2015, 07:21:33 AM

Quote from: challengerX on January 15, 2015, 07:18:58 AM
Quote from: Madman Mordo on January 15, 2015, 06:35:12 AM
Quote from: Lemy the Lizerd on January 14, 2015, 10:41:05 PM
nigga muslims are not an ethnic group
Religion falls under the official definition of Ethnic Cleansing even though they aren't actually an ethnicity.
You actually shouldn't use the term "ethnic cleansing". It's as if there's something that's "dirty" or wrong being cleansed. There isn't.

We as a society shouldn't adopt the terms of mass murderers.
The reason the term was coined was because if they called these kinds of acts genocide, other nations would be obligated to do something about it.

Quite a shame that countries think acknowledging a problem under a different name means they are relieved of a moral duty to help.

Mordo · January 15, 2015, 08:11:12 AM

Quote from: challengerX on January 15, 2015, 07:18:58 AM

Quote from: Madman Mordo on January 15, 2015, 06:35:12 AM
Quote from: Lemy the Lizerd on January 14, 2015, 10:41:05 PM
nigga muslims are not an ethnic group
Religion falls under the official definition of Ethnic Cleansing even though they aren't actually an ethnicity.
You actually shouldn't use the term "ethnic cleansing". It's as if there's something that's "dirty" or wrong being cleansed. There isn't.

We as a society shouldn't adopt the terms of mass murderers.

Does it really matter what we call it? It's already been adopted and it's stuck, sorta like homophobia. We don't use it to describe people who fear gay people, but that's what we call them anyway.

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Lemy the Lizerd · January 15, 2015, 09:44:23 AM

Quote from: Madman Mordo on January 15, 2015, 06:35:12 AM

Quote from: Lemy the Lizerd on January 14, 2015, 10:41:05 PM
nigga muslims are not an ethnic group
Religion falls under the official definition of Ethnic Cleansing even though they aren't actually an ethnicity.

that's pretty stupid.