In the future, Mikko it may behoove you to remember that for all of us who rabidly defend anything Ancient and Ascian and Zodiark and Garlean, there are an equally equivalent amount of "fanatics" consistently crowing on about how morally upright Venat is. In other words, when considering whether to throw out a slanderous accusation on a public forum board, it may be wise to weightily consider whether engaging in disingenuous insinuations may make a hypocrite of oneself.
As for Venat, it is by dictionary definition that her actions in performing the Sundering was explicitly an act of genocide. No amount of feelings or "I don't consider it genocide, though!" or "It was the only way and thus, justified!" will change this unavoidable, undeniable fact. Indeed, I run the risk of puking entertaining the thought that genocide justification is a thing here after so much crowing on during Shadowbringers on how it would NEVER be acceptable of an outcome.
In summary, how may I ask is Hydaelyn or any of her supporters in game or out any morally superior than THIS MAN and his people? Especially with everything we know now, all that we learned in the Q&A why does Venat get special treatment? By all rights, these revelations should have soured y'all to her and her philosophy and actions.
The complete erasure of the culture of a people counts as such a heinous crime, even if the peoples themselves yet remain amongst the living. Continuing the trend of such ignominy being deemed acceptable when perpetrated by the protagonist and company, Garlemald attempted (and yet failed) to do this to the city-state of Ala Mhigo in Stormblood through the medium of cultural appropriation, and were deemed evil warlords that must be stopped at all costs for it (and rightly so, I've never once disagreed with this. Regrettable, the opposite equivalence is not present). No traceable remnants of Ancient culture yet remain on the Source and its Shards, and the Ancient people are all but deceased as of the finale of Endwalker. This result can be laid squarely at the feet of Hydaelyn. Yet despite this unavoidable fact, aside from a single line of self-aggrandizement (which denigrates its worth in the process) not once is she rightfully villainized for it. Instead her victims are perpetually blamed for bringing their demise upon themselves. To this day, I struggle to comprehend just why and/or how the concept of a sub-group of fans sympathizing more with the oppressed and executed culture over the supreme deity who dealt them such a lamentable (and indeed, PREVENTABLE!) fate to them is such a heinous, unthinkable crime to y'all on this forum.