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A new commission is investigating Jair Bolsonaro’s response to the pandemic — and political foes are gathering strength

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    babypuncher
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    I think public figures who intentionally spread COVID-19 misinformation during the pandemic are guilty of manslaughter and should be treated as such. Elon Musk included.

    I think public figures who intentionally spread COVID-19 misinformation during the pandemic are guilty of manslaughter and should be treated as such. Elon Musk included.

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      mrbig
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      Yes, absolutely. In the case of Bolsonaro it may be actually genocide. I can't shake the impression that he truly is a psychopath and very much desires the death of Brazilians.

      Yes, absolutely.

      In the case of Bolsonaro it may be actually genocide. I can't shake the impression that he truly is a psychopath and very much desires the death of Brazilians.

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        Omnicrola
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        I realize this is pedantic, but wouldn't that be mass murder, as opposed to genocide? (Unless he helped one ethnic group and not another, I haven't been paying to close attention). In any case,...

        I realize this is pedantic, but wouldn't that be mass murder, as opposed to genocide? (Unless he helped one ethnic group and not another, I haven't been paying to close attention).

        In any case, dude definitely sounds like a monster.

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        1. mrbig
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          AFAIK mass murder is most frequently used for extermination within a single event (or sequence of a few well defined events) such as shooting people in a concert or a school. There's a personal...

          AFAIK mass murder is most frequently used for extermination within a single event (or sequence of a few well defined events) such as shooting people in a concert or a school.

          There's a personal component to murder that genocide lacks.

          Besides, genocide can be directed to a nation instead of an ethnic group. Bolsonaro is killing specifically Brazilians.

          There's also the matter of volume.

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