There has been a constant stream of dehumanization and fearmongering about muslims and arab people in every corner of the world (sans latin america) since 2001 and even before if we count the chechen wars (all of a fallout of the us destruction of the Afghan communists and the rise of saudi arabia)

Without it no genocide would have been possible. So white people getting attacked (especially if they aren’t considered crazy commies like pro-palestinian westerners before 2022) is shocking.