History of badness question

I read that Ireland hasn't recovered in terms of population from the Potato Famine.

That got me thinking about the Jews and the Holocaust. I guess that's why I met a woman who had 12 children.

Then I thought about the Native Americans. There was a Indian Termination Policy of the USA government.

What's the smallest culture that was snuffed out the quickest?

The one type of person that gets heavily oppressed and murdered that can't get snuffed out, is the transgender people. I don't believe in god but if you do, you have to ask why god would create someone in the wrong sex body. Doesn't seem all good or all powerful to me. Every year they stand at City Hall in NYC and read all the names of transgender people who were murdered. Some guys who don't understand their attraction and feel betrayed, resort to murder to resolve their feelings.

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