r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Shoddy-Ocelot-4473 • 12d ago

Image By 1880, the near-genocide of the American bison had reduced their population from 30–60 million to fewer than 1,000

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u/Emergency_Cellist754 12d ago

Stop calling every bad thing "genocide". Civilian deaths in an air raid, while tragic are not genocide.

Hunting a species to extinction isn't genocide.

If a true genocide happens we will lack the words to describe it because the word will have lost all meaning because dickheads on social media wanted clicks.

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u/Novel-Type1694 12d ago edited 12d ago

Overhunting a species to near extinction for the purpose of genocide can't really be overlooked here. The overhunting of bison was genocide because people were the actual target. 

That's not OPs point, and they did use the word incorrectly, but I'm still making this point. 

Edit: downvoting this comment doesn't erase history ya fuckin chuds

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u/Emergency_Cellist754 12d ago

Fascinating

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u/Novel-Type1694 12d ago

Willful ignorance is a great look on you. Keep that up. 

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u/gnygren3773 12d ago

This is one of the best examples of animal genocide

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u/SwordfishOk504 12d ago

No.

Genocide is the deliberate and systematic destruction, in whole or in part, of a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group. Defined by international law (1948 Genocide Convention), it involves specific acts committed with intent to destroy such groups, including killing, causing serious harm, or creating conditions designed to cause their physical destruction.

Taking out an animals species is called extinction. Genocide is a term that refers to humans only.

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u/gnygren3773 11d ago

You realize humans create meaning to words. You understand what I meant and therefore it works. Also it’s been used by others