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Magill was asked a simple question in the hearing: Would calling for the genocide ...

Genocide is terrible and needs to prevented. There's an international treaty for that.

Does calling for genocide violate United States Federal law? Yes or no? This is a simple question.

There's no simple answer. It's a gotcha question, both yes and no are wrong. The correct answer is sometimes yes and sometimes no. The Proxmire Act (1987) criminalizes incitement to genocide, but not advocacy, saying: "Incitement Offense. - Whoever directly and publicly incites another to [commit genocide]."

When will the U.S. Congress pass a law that criminalizes advocacy of genocide?

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