• Lyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    9 days ago

    So the Tutsis are one of three ethnic groups of Rwanda, and Radio Genocide (real name Radio Télévision Libre des Mille Collines (RTLM)) was a government-endorsed opinionated radio station in Rwanda. The broadcaster spread influential hate propaganda and was a major factor in leveraging the public opinion and causing a 1994 genocide against the Tutsis.

    By listening to this broadcast, it’s likely that Tutsi folk were able to know when the destruction was on their doorstep, and when to run/hide/fight. Although my opinion is that fight is necessary long before the aggressors start to mass murder.