“In all fairness, this declaration against genocide seems to be too focused. Genocide is widespread, and in some cases is ongoing right now. Not to mention them is an insult. As well there should be a mention of ethnic cleansing.”
What a bunch of limp-wristed bullshit! Targeting a specific region, country, or people for condemnation is in no way making any tacit statement of tolerance for, or acceptance of genocide anywhere else.
No, but singling out a particular genocide and asking for recriminations from assorted groups who have no “iron in the fire”, then being outraged when they have little interest, is also disingenuous.
It hearkens back to the early 1970s, when people in New York were assailed by the left for eating grapes and lettuce, during a left-wing boycott because of labor conditions in California. The people in New York wanted to eat lunch, and had little or no interest in making a political statement.
Yes, Muslims commit a lot of acts of genocide. But so do a lot of other people. And yes, a lot of it is justified in the Koran. But the Koran is just as offensive as Mein Kampf and Das Kapital. It is nothing special.
And that is the gist of the argument. Had they not focused their ire on just one type of genocide, to which one group of people is to blame, and one book is responsible, it would have been a lot easier for other groups to endorse.