PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to MeanwhileOnGrad@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 14 days agoAverage tankie calling for the genocide of the working class for being the wrong ethnicitylemmy.worldimagemessage-square104fedilinkarrow-up1112arrow-down123
arrow-up189arrow-down1imageAverage tankie calling for the genocide of the working class for being the wrong ethnicitylemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.worldM to MeanwhileOnGrad@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 14 days agomessage-square104fedilink
minus-squareIlovethebomblinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·12 days agoI respect the sentiment, but Hamas uses innocent civilians as human shields all the time. Doing what you say would allow them to attack with impunity.
minus-squareOlgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·9 days agoIf you can’t defend yourself without doing war crimes, you’re not defending yourself. You’re just using it as an excuse for war crimes.
minus-squareIlovethebomblinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·9 days agoI suggest you read the definitions of what is and isn’t a war crime.
minus-squareOlgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 days agoBombing hospitals, schools, residential buildings, refugee camps, and aid workers are war crimes. Isreal has done all of the above and more.
minus-squaregoat@sh.itjust.worksMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 days agoso has Hamas. Every single thing that Israel has done, so too has Hamas. The only difference is one can be held accountable, while the other isn’t.
I respect the sentiment, but Hamas uses innocent civilians as human shields all the time. Doing what you say would allow them to attack with impunity.
If you can’t defend yourself without doing war crimes, you’re not defending yourself. You’re just using it as an excuse for war crimes.
I suggest you read the definitions of what is and isn’t a war crime.
Bombing hospitals, schools, residential buildings, refugee camps, and aid workers are war crimes. Isreal has done all of the above and more.
so has Hamas. Every single thing that Israel has done, so too has Hamas.
The only difference is one can be held accountable, while the other isn’t.
Whataboutism