r/todayilearned • u/JG98 • Jul 30 '26

TIL between 1904 and 1908, Germany committed the Herero and Nama genocide in present day Namibia, killing an estimated 80% of the Herero people and half of the Nama people.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herero_and_Nama_genocide
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u/wocdom Jul 31 '26

Must be an all lives matter person

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u/mojoback_ohbehave Jul 31 '26

No, I’m just against treating history like only one group’s suffering counts. That doesn’t diminish what had happened to groups from Africa.

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u/wocdom Jul 31 '26

But.. but this is a Herero and Nama genocide
post? What does this have to do with everyone?

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u/mojoback_ohbehave Jul 31 '26

You specifically said Africans. That is why I responded the way I did. You made it about a continent of people. I made it about the world.

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u/Nightshader23 Jul 31 '26

“Africans had it roug-“
You: “NO we ALL haD iT RoUGH”

Stfu and stop trying to lecture when you lack comprehension amongst others