It'll be worth it if the backlash is what brings about an end to "genocide inflation". Seriously, just because you don't like something, or even if it's really bad, doesn't make it genocide.
> intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial, or religious group
In this situation, it's specifically about farmers(large scale private landowners). The nature of them being targeted isn't purely because they're white, but that they hold 3/4 of the privately owned land in SA and likely wield that privilege and power.
Yeah, I think the person you were originally replying to was intended to whitewash actual genocidal activities currently happening, lumping this in with genuine ethnic cleansings to make a point of "genocide inflation".
https://www.ushmm.org/m/pdfs/20110210-what-is-genocide.pdf
Especially this one can be applied to many things:
c. Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part.