• regul
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      9 months ago

      There absolutely is an excuse for Hamas’s actions because their two options are to fight or to live forever in an open air prison.

      Their actions are just as justified as MK’s during Apartheid.

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        9 months ago

        Attacking civilians attending a concert isn’t fighting, it’s just terrorism. Not that Israel hasn’t done far worse, but neither side has clean hands as far as I’m concerned.

        I also have my doubts that Hamas’s fight is all about helping Palestinians. I would be shocked to learn that the people giving the orders were anywhere near Palestine when it happened. They know full well what Israel’s response would look like.

        The only group I sympathize with is Palestinian civilians.

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          9 months ago

          Maybe don’t hold your music festival right next to your bantustan. Or, better idea: don’t have fucking bantustans in the first place.

          Demanding peaceful resistance or whatever cockeyed ideas you have about how to free yourself from oppression is absolutely ahistorical.

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            9 months ago

            Where did I demand peaceful resistance? I’d even back attacking settlers since they are trespassers and agressers. The “they” at the concert don’t constitute a legitimate target to me.

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              9 months ago

              The oppressed don’t have the luxury of picking targets you find acceptable.

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                  Oh, I’m sure you hold the same disapproval for Israel and the hundreds of thousands of innocent people they’re slaughtered and raped.

                  Probably not though, because you’re here crying about Hamas like a fucking dumbass.

                  Israel is worse than Hamas, and Hamas was created to stop the terror of Israel.

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                    9 months ago

                    What the fuck are you talking about? You don’t have to go any further than this thread to know my position on Israel. Why would I say that settlers are in bounds if I support Israel? Yes, Israel is worse than Hamas.

                    You aren’t even engaging with me, you are arguing with some other guy with very different views. That doesn’t make for useful dialog.