• FUCKRedditMods
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    1 year ago

    I’d say 20% odds the babies never even existed—and, if they did, 70% odds there were fewer than 40 of them and 80% odds they weren’t beheaded.

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      100% certain they weren’t beheaded or it would have been confirmed by now.

      Inevitable that children, including babies, died. And also inevitable that Israelis get much more media attention than Palestinians, before and after they are killed by this wickedness.

      Predictable that the media are, often uncritically, publishing calls for the massacre of Palestinians in response, while condemning Hamas for doing exactly what they’re demanding Israel do.

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      1 year ago

      Since this article from the intercept a lot of other agencies are publishing it.

      Nypost for example.

      Make of that what you will but the independent sources are accumulating.

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        Yeah, that NPost article uses I24 as their source. The same I24 who has been repeatedly caught making shit up to smear Palestinians.

        I24 also seems to be the only source for the specific “beheading babies” claim.

        Not that Hamas hasn’t killed children and infants. Israel has as well. Both have, and in the last couple of days.

        The “beheading babies” claim seems to have been created for the specific purpose of justifying a genocide of the Palestinians of Gaza, because if Hamas does something, the other 2 million Palestinians obviously have to suffer for it.

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        Enough for you to what? Condone genocide? Cheer as Israel bombs Palestinian homes, schools, and hospitals? I promise they’ve killed far more.

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        Both sides have killed babies in the past few days. Are you equally against both Hamas and the IDF?

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            1 year ago

            Everybody here agrees that beheading babies is bad. Nobody is defending beheading a baby. You are shadowboxing right now. Pointing out the two following facts:

            1. Nobody is currently willing to confirm the report that babies are actually getting beheaded,
            2. It is however confirmed that Israel is responsible for the death of many babies,

            Is not a defense of beheading babies. If you think it is, you are genuinely beyond help.

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            Your argument doesn’t make sense. The conversation has diverged into the number of babies killed by both sides and nothing to do with beheading babies since that is an unconfirmed event. The fact that you’re trying to conflate the two issues so that you can appear to be on the moral high ground is very concerning.