# I Pit Martin Hyde

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> [@Miller](#):
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> Is it possible to make any factual statements about the extent of a genocide without “minimizing” it?

Of course.

But cherry picking facts, while ignoring others, in support of a minimizing argument is definitely minimizing.

This statement is minimizing…

> [@I pit DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/981):
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> Under the formal international law definition of genocide no, this sort of thing doesn’t quite fit.

Stating a fact in support of that argument while ignoring other facts that explode that argument is also minimizing.

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