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[–] [email protected] 166 points 10 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 63 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Note: This is sure as shit not meant to downplay or deny Israel's ongoing genocide. Only to point out the absurdity of some online leftists in simping for Hamas and expressing disbelief that far-right theocrats with a history of committing terrible crimes would commit terrible crimes.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I saw that, which is why I didn't label the character "OP." It was intended more of a response in general, not a specific criticism of you.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago
[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago

In my view it's rare that anyone really 'simps for Hamas', they are the leading militant group in Gaza opposing the Israeli state though so if there are victories against IDF forces it's usually going to be under that umbrella, and praising a victory against IDF is not the same as praising past terror attacks. I've never heard anyone confused that they are communist. There are Marxist-Leninist groups in Palestine though, like the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

What are you talking about? It is a conflict between two parties and everybody knows that things have to be black and white!!

I demand to know which of the two are the good guys!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

By creating and attacking a strawman here you're distracting from the important points. Hamas is a direct response to the oppression of the Palestinian people by Israel. It's classic blowback and communists are just pointing out the obvious here. You can disagree that Hamas is deserving of critical support in the context of the current conflict, but if you ignore the conditions that led to Oct 7th and the fallout since you are taking the wrong lesson away from this issue and someday will be found on the wrong side of history.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You also have to recognize that there's no line between Palestinians and Hamas. I don't mean that it's hard to find. I mean there isn't one.

72% of Palestinians believe the attack on Israel was "correct". And presumably some of the remainder are smart enough to not admit to that.

Hamas still enjoys wide, wide support among Palestinians, for some valid reasons.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

72% of Palestinians believe the attack on Israel was "correct".

This is only because it was. And I'm really sad to say it, but it definitely was "correct".

Listen. Palestinians are fighting a losing war. Their enemy has taken their homes and is ethnically cleansing the region. There is NOTHING that they can do about it. We're watching the death throes of an entire people. And sometimes when you corner an animal, it bites. It's not gonna be nice. But Israel is fully responsible for this situation. It wasn't Palestine that wanted the two state solution. It wasn't Palestine that illegally settled Israel and stole their land. It wasn't Palestine that got granted an entire fucking country for no reason. It wasn't Palestine rigging elections in Israel and supporting the local terrorist organization. Israel has been the architect of all this destruction. Piece by piece, little by little, with the international community backing them and turning a blind eye to their genocide.

Everything Palestine can throw at Israel, it's justified. And I hope they do enough damage for Israel civilians to maybe think "hey, I don't want this. Let's get these warring fucks out of power and end this. Let me get out of this failed notion of a state, I don't want to be a part of it, I don't want to support displacing and killing off an entire people". But it won't. It'll just do a bit of damage to retaliate against the genocide, just enough to maybe make 1-2 people feel like they avenged the many loved ones who died. And I think - good. If you're gonna die anyway, if you're doomed either way? Fuck them. Fuck those Nazi assholes. Take off as big of a chunk as you can. Make them bleed, to remind them they're not invincible. Just as a last act of defiance before they finish you off.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I mean.. judging by Israel's response this comment is some special kind of delirious. I've thought the day it happened "Welp, Israel is respond in kind". Not because I'm some geopolitical genius mind you, but because it was extremely obvious.