Those redditors have pretty weak arguments. The first comment is basically “the other academics all agree with the popular claim that Gilley is criticizing, so the popular claim must be true”. The second guy basically states “Gilley correctly argues that Hoschild’s evidence for a population decline is too weak. But if the evidence is bad, Gilley can’t prove there was a genocide. Therefore Gilley is wrong”.
Those redditors have pretty weak arguments. The first comment is basically “the other academics all agree with the popular claim that Gilley is criticizing, so the popular claim must be true”. The second guy basically states “Gilley correctly argues that Hoschild’s evidence for a population decline is too weak. But if the evidence is bad, Gilley can’t prove there was a genocide. Therefore Gilley is wrong”.