"Free Palestine" is NOT a call for the deaths of Israeli Jews, let alone of all Jews (as said this morning on @BBCr4today)
It IS a call for equal human and civil rights for Palestinians between the river and the sea
ALL Palestinians between the river and the sea are subject to apartheid. Mandela said the apartheid was far worse than in South Africa
1. Inside Israel with 1948 borders, Palestinians face BY LAW extremely severe discrimination (but do have the vote). They have very LIMITED rights
2. On West Bank and in East Jerusalem, Palestinians face murder & ethnic cleansing. They have NO rights
3. In Gaza, Palestinians face GENOCIDE. They have NO rights
All decent, moral, humane people should call out "Free Palestine"
actually it's because rent used to be cheap in basically every US city and you could work like 3 days a week and live in a house with a basement or guest room where your band could practice and you could host shows.
Can never love this guy enough. He's already so fun with his weapon knowledge and stuntwork but also confidently tells people off when they push harsh beauty standards on him and his partner.
And yep, TRANS RIGHTS BABYYYYY ๐๐๐ค
i feel like everyone needs to hear the *actual* words that were deemed as hate speech bc it very simply illustrates that regardless of how palestinian advocacy is delivered it can/will be twisted into something that it is not. we need to continue to block out the noise and defend what is right in our guts. it is the only way forward.
No so this is really a rejection of the hollow fictitious capital and consumerism sold to us by fast fashion markets built on the backs of exploitative outsourced labor Here Macklemore emboldens the working class to combat the sterility and obsolescence of commodity fetishism and
@wtfwasthatgreg@newjeansza you and I already agree that zionism is bad. I believe in the dismantling of Israel, even by violent means (toward military and those actively expanding settlement), so tell me, what makes me a zionist? That I criticized hamas?
@wtfwasthatgreg@newjeansza What makes them necessary that couldn't just be achieved by another rebel group without the negative qualities? If you see their violence towards civilians as necessary then you support their methods. I appear more focused on hamas because that is what we're discussing.
but the counter argument could also be that hamas could've chosen to only kill the idf and people showing they are actively expanding settlements, in order to show they are targeting zionism specifically and not all jews
So this was brought to my attention earlier today, and I have, for a while, been against hamas. But this makes me wonder, at what point do we hold the citizens responsible for what is happening vs how much do we blame them being brainwashed by media and their government?
I think the more important question though is, would violent revolution targeting civilians actually achieve the desired goal of a free Palestine, or does it just create more enemies to the cause who would've otherwise supported the movement
@wtfwasthatgreg@newjeansza the reason i think this is important to say is because zionists attempt to say any support of palestine is pro-hamas, when this is not true. And when it is true, denouncing that strengthens the position of anti-zionism
@wtfwasthatgreg@newjeansza So if you're saying you're against hamas, thats fine. The original post was saying anti-semetism is a problem in the pro-palestine movement. This is suggested because it is very arguable that hamas targets all Jews, and there are some leftists who support hamas.
@wtfwasthatgreg@newjeansza Do you support the killing of non-combatant israelis on october 7th? Why or why not? Do you think the 5% deserve to die because of the 95%? I'm not even agreeing or disagreeing like I'm genuinely trying to understand your position
@wtfwasthatgreg@newjeansza I oppose forcing people into ethnostates and "everyone back where they came from" on a national scale. But where there is claim to theft of specific areas of land I think restoring it to the original people is justified, there's enough room to move elsewhere in that country