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First, when we speak of genocide, generally it is with reference to the victim of the genocide. Using the Holocaust as an example, do you refer to this as the Nazi genocide or the Jewish genocide?
Second, we are not funding a genocide against the Palestinians. Israel is fighting Hamas, not the Palestinians. The Palestinians are unfortunate pawns being used by Hamas to shield themselves from Israel. This is an over simplification of the situation, but I don’t think it is fair to say we are funding a genocide against the Palestinians via the Israelis.
The thing is, Israel didn’t appear to be trying at all to spare civilians. Maybe there is lip service offered but nothing else. IDF is killing any motherfuckers they feel like and horrific acts are being perpetuated without any repercussions - allegedly murdering every woman and child they could in a school. Murdering their own people. Maybe out of indifference or maybe out of hate, it makes no difference to the dead.
Hamas started this latest round but Israel has been treating Palestinians like garbage for decades. It was inevitable they would act. I don’t see Hamas as appreciably worse than the Israeli government. I have empathy for both Jews and Palestinians. The governments aren’t the same as the people, and the governments are both evil.
The difference is Israel is the group with all the power and military might, so they have the obligation to use that power responsibly. They aren’t. They are guaranteeing hatred persists for another couple of generations.
I’m sure Biden is working behind the scenes, but the public face he presents isn’t how I want my country to be seen. I’m voting for him because Trump is worse yet, but Biden has been disappointing on this crisis.
We’re giving Israel the money and weapons to perpetrate a genocide on Palestinians.
Ok so a couple of things.
First, when we speak of genocide, generally it is with reference to the victim of the genocide. Using the Holocaust as an example, do you refer to this as the Nazi genocide or the Jewish genocide?
Second, we are not funding a genocide against the Palestinians. Israel is fighting Hamas, not the Palestinians. The Palestinians are unfortunate pawns being used by Hamas to shield themselves from Israel. This is an over simplification of the situation, but I don’t think it is fair to say we are funding a genocide against the Palestinians via the Israelis.
The thing is, Israel didn’t appear to be trying at all to spare civilians. Maybe there is lip service offered but nothing else. IDF is killing any motherfuckers they feel like and horrific acts are being perpetuated without any repercussions - allegedly murdering every woman and child they could in a school. Murdering their own people. Maybe out of indifference or maybe out of hate, it makes no difference to the dead.
Hamas started this latest round but Israel has been treating Palestinians like garbage for decades. It was inevitable they would act. I don’t see Hamas as appreciably worse than the Israeli government. I have empathy for both Jews and Palestinians. The governments aren’t the same as the people, and the governments are both evil.
The difference is Israel is the group with all the power and military might, so they have the obligation to use that power responsibly. They aren’t. They are guaranteeing hatred persists for another couple of generations.
I’m sure Biden is working behind the scenes, but the public face he presents isn’t how I want my country to be seen. I’m voting for him because Trump is worse yet, but Biden has been disappointing on this crisis.