@e_urq I assoc the word genocide with perhaps the most canonical example of it: the Jewish Holocaust by Nazis in WW2
think we have to be careful to make distinctions about situations where someone simply isnt allowed to do some thing X they wish to do, vs, like a Holocaust with gas chambers & death camps etc. are lots of things that I'd love to do in life but I'm not allowed or would be otherwise "oppressed" by others. I dont call it genocide
There has been a rise in hate & cruelty, certainly!