@itsjust_bandit@and_shanpan@BussyKeaton History has always painted and pictured her white with golden hair as that is how she is described, so they have race swapped her, which I honestly couldn’t care less about, it’s his retelling. I also don’t care if Heathcliff is black or white, it’s such a non issue
@SashaSums@Stone_tossers No rebuttal? Also please don’t use dude to address me, I thought you wokeys avoid gendered speech, my feelings are hurt :(
My day is going fantastic btw!
@SashaSums@Stone_tossers A man saying that, to what he thinks is two women, is homophobic. So the fact you find a trans woman dismissing that wholesome is rather contentious
@SashaSums@Stone_tossers What’s funny is what he’s actually doing in that comic is being quite offensive to lesbians in his statement, but you don’t care about women so it makes sense you’d see that as wholesome
@bambi02983@GuitarGuyHaner If you feel so strongly & compassionate towards people who probably don’t really care or extend the same empathy to you or your country, you should probably extend that compassion to all people, especially when you’re wishing death upon those who’s words offend or hurt you.
We Had a Chance to End the Conflict and We Chose to Burn It.
In 2005, something historic happened.
Israel withdrew completely from Gaza - not just its soldiers, but also all of its civilians, farms, and settlements. Thousands of Israeli families were uprooted from their homes by their own government. Synagogues were dismantled, greenhouses and infrastructure worth hundreds of millions of dollars were left behind - not destroyed, but handed over to give us a chance to start fresh.
For the first time in our history, we had full control over a piece of land - our own borders, our own cities, our own people, and access to the sea. The world was ready to help. Billions in aid and investment were promised.
It could have been the beginning of a Palestinian Singapore.
But instead of building schools, hospitals, and industries, we built tunnels, rockets, and militias.
Instead of creating hope, we chose hatred.
Instead of turning Gaza into proof that Palestinians can govern themselves, we turned it into proof that we cannot.
When Israel left, the world expected calm, peace, and progress.
What did we give them?
Civil war between Fatah and Hamas.
Executions in the streets.
A terror group seizing power and turning Gaza into a launching pad for endless wars.
And the world still asks: Why doesn’t Israel “just give up the West Bank” too?
Because they already saw what happened the last time they gave land for nothing in return.
The truth is painful, but it must be said:
We were given a chance to build a future and we used it to destroy our own.
We could have shown that we were ready for peace.
Instead, we showed that we were ruled by those who fear peace more than they fear death.
Every rocket fired from Gaza wasn’t just aimed at Israel - it was aimed at our own future.
And now, after all the destruction, poverty, and death, I keep asking myself:
What if, just once, we had chosen life instead of revenge?
We had the opportunity to end the conflict.
But our leaders and too many of us chose to keep it alive.
@roughlybearly@saltmew @bejokex 28 and I grew up watching big brother, am I allowed to speak now? Did Brian win it because he was a black man? Did Nadia win it because she was Trans? Did Pete win it because of his Tourette’s? Put everyone’s achievements down to the labels you stick on them, I won’t.
@saltmew @bejokex They all had personalities separate from their sexuality and gender, it wasn’t their whole identity. The labels weren’t and aren’t relevant