It's becoming much clearer how genocides of the past were gradually accepted by the average (non-targeted) person -- the suppression of dissent and of reporting, the dissemination of racist tropes regarding the targeted group, the firings and the social shunning of anyone protesting the ethnic cleansing. We're forced into acquiescence and silence, and we finally just avert our eyes.
It's becoming much clearer how genocides of the past were gradually accepted by the average (non-targeted) person -- the suppression of dissent and of reporting, the dissemination of racist tropes regarding the targeted group, the firings and the social shunning of anyone protesting the ethnic cleansing. We're forced into acquiescence and silence, and we finally just avert our eyes.
It's becoming much clearer how genocides of the past were gradually accepted by the average (non-targeted) person -- the suppression of dissent and of reporting, the dissemination of racist tropes regarding the targeted group, the firings and the social shunning of anyone protesting the ethnic cleansing. We're forced into acquiescence and silence, and we finally just avert our eyes.
Perfectly stated.