Do you think Palestine sprung into existence on October 7? Why does every discussion of Israel being genocidal colonizers come down to an incident that happened decades after their oppression of Palestine began?

[–] maplebar 0 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Do you think Palestine sprung into existence on October 7?

No. I think most people know that Israel and Palestine were both established by the League of Nations back in the 40s post the fall of the Ottoman Empire, after which they proceeded to start fighting each other for fucking decades of pointless holy wars.

I'm not sure how that's relevant to the discussion at hand, however.

Why does every discussion of Israel being genocidal colonizers come down to an incident that happened decades after their oppression of Palestine began?

Uh, are we not currently in a thread specifically talking about an October 7th game or...?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Uh, are we not currently in a thread specifically talking about an October 7th game or…?

From the linked article:

Fursan al-Aqsa was released in 2022

Calling it "an October 7th game" is a neat little piece of propaganda though. Good job falling for it.

(Edit) Yeah, actually after taking a look at your profile, you're not the kind of person I want taking up my mental energy.

[–] maplebar 0 points 2 days ago

Fursan al-Aqsa was released in 2022

You're clearly not very well informed, because the source of the controversy here is an October 7th themed update that came out in late 2023.

Yeah, actually after taking a look at your profile, you’re not the kind of person I want taking up my mental energy.

What kind of person would that be?

[+] Neon -11 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Any support for Palestine is being called “terrorist” these days, so I’d rather make the judgment call for myself.

yeah, I'm sorry, but I disagree. That's a conspiracy like Q-Anon, meant to make you feel like you're something special, a "Truth-seeker" in a world of "global conspiracies". This game was removed for valid reasons because it is an omage to terrorism and glorifies and validates that terrorism.

[–] SmilingSolaris 12 points 3 days ago

Oh no an action shooter where the brown people are the heros? Stop the god damn presses.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago

I recall from the interview when the UK blocked it the creator said "you do nothing in it you don't do it Black Ops. But only mine is terrorism, it's purely political." (paraphrased)

I'll confess that I've not played either of them, so I don't know how true that holds. But I do know that a lot of those console shooters are very political and the world seems fine with it when it's a US avatar shooting up Arabs.