Why do people call almost anything a "genocide" these days?

Why do people call almost anything a "genocide" these days? 

It's because if it's a genocide, then you're allowed to do extreme acts. 

To defend yourself, you see. 

You see this among the left tribe and the right tribe. 

You see people calling immigration "genocide" against the native population. 

Saying teenagers shouldn't get puberty blockers is called a  "genocide" against trans people.

If you look at both claims at their face value they are clearly ridiculous.

But if you see them as a bid to try to widen the Overton window about legitimate strategies to stop the "problem" they make a lot more sense

As with all things to do with humans, you'll find it's a lot more complicated than just that of course. 

There's the usual word inflation happening. And word inflation is exacerbated by the internet which rewards the people who use the most  inflammatory language. 

There's also woke ideology that encourages people to choose the maximally victimhood mindset. 

That combines especially poorly with idea that you cannot question anybody who claims to be a victim.

There is probably copying on both sides where both sides see the other side saying that everything is genocide and so they think hey, I could use that technique as well.

​And of course, there are actually legitimate genocides that happen. 

I'm just trying to figure out why people are calling almost anything a genocide nowadays. 

Like, having smaller percentage of your population be a particular race due to immigration and different fertility rates is hardly the same as going around with machetes and systematically trying to exterminate a certain race.

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