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Comment by gambiting

10 hours ago

>>In between going on Jew-hating Propal marches

Just reminder that being against Israel or its actions in Gaza is neither antisemitic nor Jew-hating.

It's a valid reminder, but there are plenty of people who despise Jews who are currently operating with total indemnity with this as their defensive line.

And even if you call them out, there are people who will openly defend them.

I do think that this topic is much too disgusting for anyone to think that there are hero's in the conflict. I'm not Jewish, nor am I Arab, I have no skin in the game.

But I don't like how readily we accept that cililians, women, children: are totally acceptable casualties as long as it's "$otherSide, they deserve it, $ourSide is just defending themselves". Gazans supporting Hamas and Israeli's defending the IDFs worst actions are all guilty in my mind and playing games implying one is worse is subtly letting the other side off the hook.

If there is a god, Allah or Yaweh- the people who defend child murderers and rapists no matter the "side" are going to have defend their reasoning, I hope they're comfortable with that.

  • Both-sides nonsense. We’re decades past assuming good faith from people who equate criticizing Israel with racism.

    • There's so much documented evidence of people attacking jewish people who they call zionists without cause that I find this line of reasoning stupid.

      In recent memory there was Ethan Klein, who is Jewish and has visited Israel but is openly critical of Israeli actions and supports Palestine; yet people harassed him and his wife constantly about him being Jewish.

      I'd totally buy your argument, criticising Hamas isn't the same as being racist to Muslims, and criticising the actions of Israel is not the same as being anti-semetic.

      I also buy the fact that Israel will defend themselves by claiming racism, something I've seen Muslims do in the UK too.

      I'm absolutely saying both sides, because ultimately both sides seem to think it's ok to murder children, or to use people as pawns to be be killed to further their expansionist efforts.

      But It's absolutely true that people are just abusing random jews under the mistaken belief that all jews are zionists, or all jews support israel.

      Fuck, even people who live in Israel will condemn IDF actions.. There exists nuance of people on the Palestinian side online, yet that affordance is not afforded to Jews.

      I find that quite ironic, and I'm personally not very chill with hypocrites.

      Anyone defending rape or child murder is a fucking monster.

      There is never valid justification, not even if the kid is carrying a suicide vest.

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