this post was submitted on 02 Nov 2023
183 points (98.4% liked)

GenZedong

4289 readers
79 users here now

This is a Dengist community in favor of Bashar al-Assad with no information that can lead to the arrest of Hillary Clinton, our fellow liberal and queen. This community is not ironic. We are Marxists-Leninists.

This community is for posts about Marxism and geopolitics (including shitposts to some extent). Serious posts can be posted here or in /c/GenZhou. Reactionary or ultra-leftist cringe posts belong in /c/shitreactionariessay or /c/shitultrassay respectively.

We have a Matrix homeserver and a Matrix space. See this thread for more information. If you believe the server may be down, check the status on status.elara.ws.

Rules:

founded 4 years ago
MODERATORS
 

original title: 'An Insane Number of Gen Zers Support Hamas's Slaughter of Innocent Israelis'

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] bestagoner@hexbear.net 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I've been off of mainstream social media for all of this, so my view is limited. But all of the people I've been talking to regularly IRL, I've been educating or conversing with about this conflict as I educate myself. And so far, across 3 generations, everyone has been pretty receptive to the history and facts, and some are even open to reading a couple books on Palestinian history with me. All of them see the basic justness of the Palestinian cause.

I think there are at least some people within every generation who are still ignorant but could yet receive the truth.

[–] QueerCommie@lemmygrad.ml 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That’s just basic empathy. Anyone who actually looks at the facts will have sympathy for the Palestinian people. The problem is how most MSM is just repeating lies, and same with social media. At least dissident voices (with such obvious correctness) are given a chance on these sites, unlike in the past.

[–] bestagoner@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago

Absolutely. It's a fortunate thing that nowadays we have a greater capacity than ever to break through the propaganda and access that empathy, and hopefully turn it into widespread international pressure that can strengthen the Palestinian liberation struggle.

If you can convince friends and family members to examine the facts with you, you can make progress towards that end— occasionally even in unexpected places.