Are they not allowed to also visit the most touristy area and enjoy the sights? Why should they have to be in a different hotel to accommodate the poor behavior of others? At other stops they have stayed in some of the most touristy areas in the world without this issue
never in my life did i think that the concept of Not swarming BTS, Not posting leaked videos of them and generally just leaving them alone when they’re not doing official schedules would lead to the tweets i’ve been seeing tbh.
Really can’t stand these tone-deaf “Merry October 7” posts from Westerners who’ve fetishized the resistance, consumed it like entertainment, and now talk about October 7 as if it were the pilot episode of some show they’ve become emotionally invested in.
There are Palestinians, both inside Gaza and across the diaspora, who’ve spent their entire lives supporting the resistance and who still support it today, yet when October 7 comes around, they speak about it with a tinge of sadness. Not because they suddenly regret resistance, but because for many of them, it marks the last moment they remember feeling any real sense of joy, hope, or possibility before the entire world betrayed them and abandoned Gaza to the horrors that followed.
This day should serve as a reminder of our collective failure, our impotence, and our weakness, and as motivation to be better and do better instead of leading lives where we’re constantly looking for the next compromise that’ll placate us.
You can be unapologetic about it without sounding so gleeful and oblivious to the fact that countless futures were absolutely eviscerated in the horrors that followed while you cosplay as a revolutionary in the relative safety of the West. You’re watching this from thousands of miles away; they’ve had to live it, so have a little shame and show some decorum.
The ironic thing about the internet's obsession with "holding people accountable" is that it's created an environment where taking accountability hold zero benefit whatsoever.
Today, September 23rd, marks the birthday of my brother, Dr. Refaat Al-areer, may God have mercy on him. Speak of him in words; don't hold back, he deserves more than that 😭 He was a doctor, a poet, an angel, a brother, and a friend. He was more than just a human being 🥹