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For decades, we have been in the streets in defense of the Palestinian people, and will continue to fight until the total liberation of Palestine!

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[–] boywar3 -5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

And yet you replied to me first...how odd

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

In response to a first hand account of fear over genocidal bombing campaigns and exodus, you decided to center yourself and try to get in some genocidal-apologetic zingers.

[–] boywar3 -3 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Hitler was in a position of power. You are more of a Himmler supporter that rationalizes pogroms.

[–] boywar3 -3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Ehhh...Himmler had more power than I do. I'd be more of a faceless Nazi bureaucrat stamping the train schedules.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I said supporter of Himmler, not Himmler himself.

Your flippant celebration of complicity in genocide gives you a lot in common with the people you claim to oppose.

[–] boywar3 -3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Nah, Himmler was too into the whole "German super race" and occultism - too "out there" for me personally.

And your flippant use of "you support genocide" to random people at the ballot box really helps the average person see the values of ditching capitalism.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Nah, Himmler was too into the whole "German super race" and occultism - too "out there" for me personally.

Did you know that analogies are different from exactly equivalent things? You are doing deflecting dances to avoid the actual challenge. You are a supporter of a genocidal regime, and continuing that regime, and you rationalize this to yourself as harm reduction. Which is, incidentally, a bad faith appropriation of leftist thought.

And your flippant use of "you support genocide"

I do not say that flippantly, I say it with all seriousness. You are now just copying my terms because you would like to pretend there is hypocrisy, the highest of crimes in a liberal mind.

to random people at the ballot box

We are on a Lemmy server and you are advocating for a genocidal campaign with bad faith rhetoric.

really helps the average person see the values of ditching capitalism.

Principled agitation is absolutely essential for growing the movement. It works for recruitment and it works for changing "the discourse". I have actual experience and success with this. I am positive you do not.