Man I got downvoted to oblivion and banned from some instance for calling them terrorists just a month or so ago.
Someone claimed that “at least someone has the guts to stand up to violence” or something regarding the Israel-Gaza conflict. I said no… The Houthis are terrorists, and so is Hamas, but what Israel is doing in Gaza is also horrible.
I said the real victims are the innocent Gazan people who are trapped in a fight between two extremist sides, Israel and Hamas. Neither side has the best interest of Gaza in their minds.
I got downvoted and banned for saying that lol.
Edit: I didn’t use the word “terrorist” for Israel only because they have an official, recognized government that represents millions of people. The Houthis and Hamas groups aren’t recognized as a government that represents people. Hamas has exploited Gaza for decades, let’s not pretend as if they’re some good natured freedom fighters. If we can call the government of Israel evil for committing this genocide, then we should also hold Hamas and Houthis accountable for their evil. It’s not a black and white situation.
Heh, rookie mistake. Expressing nuance beyond this ‘good’ that ‘bad’ on Lemmy is unforgivable. You should know that there are only binary ways of looking at the world. /s
Since we are talking about nuance, let me add a bit more. Hamas is different from the bulk of the Palestinian population, and Netanyahu’s right wing coalition is different from the bulk of the Israeli people. Let’s not forget that the Oct 7 massacre happened to a bunch of innocent people attending a music festival. Netanyahu is not popular in Israel. Therefore, let’s not say simply that Israel is bad. I see way too many upvoted “fuck Israel” comments on Lemmy. Just as it is appropriate to consider Hamas separately from the rest of the Palestinians, so it is with Netanyahu and the rest of Israelis.
Man I got downvoted to oblivion and banned from some instance for calling them terrorists just a month or so ago.
Someone claimed that “at least someone has the guts to stand up to violence” or something regarding the Israel-Gaza conflict. I said no… The Houthis are terrorists, and so is Hamas, but what Israel is doing in Gaza is also horrible.
I said the real victims are the innocent Gazan people who are trapped in a fight between two extremist sides, Israel and Hamas. Neither side has the best interest of Gaza in their minds.
I got downvoted and banned for saying that lol.
Edit: I didn’t use the word “terrorist” for Israel only because they have an official, recognized government that represents millions of people. The Houthis and Hamas groups aren’t recognized as a government that represents people. Hamas has exploited Gaza for decades, let’s not pretend as if they’re some good natured freedom fighters. If we can call the government of Israel evil for committing this genocide, then we should also hold Hamas and Houthis accountable for their evil. It’s not a black and white situation.
Heh, rookie mistake. Expressing nuance beyond this ‘good’ that ‘bad’ on Lemmy is unforgivable. You should know that there are only binary ways of looking at the world. /s
So far left they ended up back on the right
Since we are talking about nuance, let me add a bit more. Hamas is different from the bulk of the Palestinian population, and Netanyahu’s right wing coalition is different from the bulk of the Israeli people. Let’s not forget that the Oct 7 massacre happened to a bunch of innocent people attending a music festival. Netanyahu is not popular in Israel. Therefore, let’s not say simply that Israel is bad. I see way too many upvoted “fuck Israel” comments on Lemmy. Just as it is appropriate to consider Hamas separately from the rest of the Palestinians, so it is with Netanyahu and the rest of Israelis.
This is accurate, I agree. I should’ve worded my statement better.
Have seen quite a bit of this on here, it’s pretty wild.
It was probably Lemmy.ml since LW is already defederated from the other tankie instances