10 Stages Of Genocide

10 Stages of Genocide

Classification: People are divided into “us and them”

Symbolization: People are forced to identify themselves

Discrimination: People begin to face systematic discrimination

Dehumanization: People equated with animals, vermin, or diseases

Organization: The government creates specific groups (police, military, etc) to enforce the policies

Polarization: The government broadcasts propaganda to turn the populace against the group

Preparation: Official action to remove or relocate people

Persecution: Beginning of murders, theft of property, trial massacres

Extermination: Wholesale elimination of the group. It is “extermination” and not murder because the people are not considered human.

Denial: The government denies that it has committed any crime

TRANS RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS

I know that A03 is down and I a lot of us are disappointed/panicking but I want to thank everyone over at A03 from the creators to the volunteers.

You're the reason why it exists and continues to exist. I don't know what we would do without y'all and without it so thank you from the bottom of my heart!

This is for you! 🍻🥂🍻🥂

If you can, please consider donating A03. I think they deserve it as much as any other library and archive does.

A little explainer on what happened with AO3:

Basically, someone or a group of someones decided to levy a DDoS attack. What this means is that they created a botnet (network of devices controlled by a bot, usually run in the background of an unsecured IoT device or computer being used for other things. Think data mining) to flood the servers with false requests for service.

What this does mean: AO3 might go back down, if the attack is relaunched. These types of attacks are usually used against businesses where traffic = money, thereby costing a company money. This isn't really an issue here since AO3 is entirely donation and volunteer based.

What this doesn't mean: stories, bookmarks, etc will be deleted and your anonymously published works will be linked back to you. No vulnerable points are breached during this process, so unless this group ends up doing something else, no data breaches will happen. You are safe, your content is safe.

The Moretti Library of Rolduc Abbey in Kerkrade, Netherlands

I feel like I'm standing here watching the Library of Alexandria burn waiting for ao3 to come back online from this DDOS attack