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Ms Rachel calls out uncle tom (lemmy.ml)

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[–] mhague@lemmy.world 7 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (2 children)

People in Gaza might refer to themselves as "people of Gaza." And there's aid groups with the name. And plenty of other instances where it's used to humanize them (seems so to me at least). I've already done more work looking for this theory to line up than the ones proposing the theory.

Nobody spends their free time looking shit up anymore do they? Throw me a bone here. Give me a white paper study on just how, precisely, Obama is dehumanizing gazans through his speech patterns. I'm not saying you're wrong. I'm saying I'd like to be right. But being right takes effort. Evidence.

[–] Echolynx@lemmy.zip 8 points 5 hours ago

For me it is the equivocation more than anything else. And you just have to look at how the west treats single, child-free adults to see how they prioritize families as morally superior. There is something charged about the word family in that context.

[–] SnoringEarthworm@sh.itjust.works 8 points 7 hours ago

I've already done more work looking for this theory to line up than the ones proposing the theory.

Prove it. Show your work.