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[โ€“] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Bobo League Massacre

Taiwanese White Terror

Israel

You don't really need bias to come to these conclusions.

[โ€“] AliOski@feddit.nl 0 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

That's not how the legitimacy of a state works. A state doesn't become illegitimate because of war crimes.

[โ€“] narr1@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 hours ago

when does it then, in your opinion?

[โ€“] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago

Both my citations occurred before these territories claimed independence. In fact, these periods preceded efforts to retake the old territory.

Not unlike the American Confederacy or the South of Vietnam, two territories we've got no problem acknowledging as illegitimate.