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There are other factors. And they're all rooted in racism.
Even the corruption of things like AIPAC. It's racism weaponized via bribery and blackmail. I don't know what AIPAC is called in other countries and don't care. But I know it exists. And its all just racism.
There is no grey area here. There is no debate. There are no "buts" here. An illegal settler occupation is ethnically cleansing an indigenous population. There is good and evil. And the ones doing the slaughtering are evil. Categorically, ontologically, indisputably evil. Period.
dude, i know it’s evil… racism is not the only culprit here, but it’s certainly a big one.
btw, palestinians and israeli’s are ethnically identical… they both originated from the same group that split over religious differences a thousand years ago.
Racism doesn’t exactly fit there, does it?
it’s so hard to have any discussion at all about this. if i disagree with any small detail, a ton of people jump on me like i’m some pro-israel fascist.
i’m not, i think they are horrible… i have seen the tiktok genocide website… it’s not just evil, they’re reveling in the evil. celebrating it….
but it’s not simply racism.
this is the way a teenager sees the world. they fit everything into something they are already familiar with.
here’s a good, very critical overview of the conflict in palestine… in a rap format: RAP NEWS | Israel v Palestine - feat. DAM & Norman Finkelstein
Okay, but the question is about why the world is not reporting it, not why Israel is doing it. Racism and secularism are the main culprits for the way it's being reported.
i was speaking more broadly about some of the nuances around this incredibly complex situation…
and what does secularism have to do with the media not reporting on crimes against humanity?
racism is there, but other factors left out are:
the Jews control the media /s.
kidding, kidding, however Israel has invested a lot in foreign propaganda and flex’s a lot of soft power.
also: the conflict has been going on for quite some time, and it’s been genocidal most of that time… media likes new stuff on the news, be of capitalism… so after several decades of “Israel did some MORE genocidal shit”, it stops having that same punch that sells papers….
also, hamas has done a lot of fucked up shit… ignoring the Oct 7th attack, and all the made up stories about that, Palestinian suicide bombers used to be a common occurrence… it kinda fucks up sympathy when you blow up a public commuter bus (i know not most palestinians don’t support hamas, but israel’s propaganda has focused on equivocating the two)….
i could go on, but i feel like conversation is wasted here… only praise of her majesty is welcomed here.
(i think greta is great, btw… i think blindly following people and attacking people who say anything contrary is self defeating).
Yeah, no one is innocent here. No one. I don't see Hamas genociding Israelites here though, do you? Secularism is for sure at play here. Christian nations are against the dirty Palestinian Muslims and their barbaric practices /s. They got most of their book from Judaism. They all worship the same fricking God though, Muslims included. You can't make it make sense, and it never will to outsiders unfortunately. I am not uplifting anyone into the spotlight, but at least some people ha e actual morals.
well that’s the false dichotomy they always play, hamas isn’t palestine.
they certainly would be genocidal if they could….
but like, bombing a 5 year old kid doesn’t attack hamas…