The world has a tragic history of bloodshed and genocide. In the past century there have been the following cases of Genocide:
China 1958-61 and 1966-69, Tibet 1949-50 49-78,000,000 purges
USSR 1932-39 23,000,000 the purges plus Ukraine's famine
Germany 1939-1945 12,000,000 concentration camps and civilians WWII
Congo 1886-1908 8,000,000 imperialism
Japan 1941-44 5,000,000 civilians in WWII
Turkey 1915-20 2,500,000 Armenians, Greeks, Assyrians
Cambodia 1975-79 1,700,000 purges and concentration camps
North Korea 1948-94 1,600,000 purges and concentration camps
Ethiopia 1975-78 1,500,000 purges
Biafra 1967-1970 1,000,000 ethnic cleansing
Afghanistan1979-1982 900,000 purges and rebellion
How many of these Genocides were you aware of? It seems that the only Genocide that is remembered at all is the Jewish Genocide of Germany. Whether you believe with the initial Red Cross reports that 350,00 Jews were killed by Nazis or believe historians today that 6 million were killed, it was certainly an atrocity!
Nonetheless, it seems that every reference to evil government tyranny, brainwashed civilians, or helpless victims, it is always the WWII Holocaust that is remembered.
I have noted that virtually every list of "greatest genocides" all have the German holocaust listed as number one, even if there are others that greatly surpass the numbers of victims.
Even in forums of free thinkers, the WWII holocaust is the archetype of all genocides.
Perhaps in honor of other world victims, and in the sake of diversity we could alter our speech a little.
Instead of saying "A lawbreaker was hiding Jews from Nazis in Germany" we could say "A lawbreaker was hiding Christians from Bolsheviks in Russia".
Instead of saying "This is how the Germans began to treat the Jews" we could say "This is how the Turks began treating the Armenian Christians."
Instead of saying "The hatred against the Jews was fueled by Nazi propaganda and media" we could say "The hatred against the Tutsi's was fueled by Hutu propaganda and media"
Am I out of line here?
When I was in Israel I saw a memorial for the Armenian genocide at the hands of the Turks.
And I am constantly reminding the libs in my life that Communism killed 100 million people in the last century, and that Stalin and Mao killed more than Hitler did.
And I'm Jewish.