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The things that you talk about--genocide, etc.--are awful, but they are understandable, and you cannot change them without taking the time to understand them first.

As far as I'm aware, current understanding of them seems to imply that these are pretty much universally bad things, though. I don't necessarily think understanding an event necessarily makes it instantly not contemptible.

Unless I've misunderstood your statement in some way, and if that's the case, can you elaborate?