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[–] pachrist@lemmy.world 175 points 1 week ago (15 children)

Do you think there's a 13 year old girl in Gaza who is writing a diary that will be widely read by children across the world 40-50 years from now?

[–] FireAtWill@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

Do you really think it makes a difference?

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 81 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Maybe, but it will probably be destroyed by carpet bombing before anyone sees it.

[–] whaleiam@lemm.ee 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It’s not carpet bombing it Ai kill list. It indiscriminately just attacks targets, they’ve been training it the whole time. Palantir is the company

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[–] BlackSheep@lemmy.ca 50 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Well, with the way things are going, it won’t be read in the U.S.A. It’ll be banned.

[–] Liberal_Ghost@lemmy.zip 24 points 1 week ago (2 children)

By then they won't have to ban books. Nobody here will be able to read

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[–] JacksonLamb@lemmy.world 50 points 1 week ago

It's 2025, the teenagers mostly document their lives on social media. Tent life guy from Gaza got killed but there are others.

When this empire falls and the genocide history is able to be taught then yes I think some of these video records will be studied by children around the world.

[–] FreeHat@lemmy.world 29 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Maybe, but the IDF will definitely burn anything they find, don't want more records of their crimes where they can avoid it

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[–] meme_historian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 124 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] qarbone@lemmy.world 51 points 1 week ago

Unfortunately, I'm fully capable of comprehending this.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 111 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Israel should be dismantled. They are a genocidal state and deserve no statehood.

[–] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 47 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

No state "deserves" statehood. Statehood should be dismatled.

[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 34 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Fuck these fake borders dividing the people against each other.

Same as it ever was Same as it ever was Same as it ever was Same as it ever was

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[–] WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works 84 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This message is literally saying, "dismantle your military, and we will ethnically cleanse you."

[–] frezik@midwest.social 29 points 1 week ago (2 children)

"Attention Bajoran workers" energy.

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[–] PointyReality@lemmy.world 73 points 1 week ago (84 children)

I would love to come across one of the voters that voted for the orange fascist because they thought Kamala would be worse for the Palestines somewhere in the wild. It would be incredible to see if they still feel strongly about it now.

[–] Grimy@lemmy.world 55 points 1 week ago (13 children)

Most just abstained, voters who actually switched sides don't exist imo. If you voted trump last election, you never would have voted kamala even if she actually tried to win.

That being said, I can't really blame people for drawing the line at genocide of all things. The dems thought they had an easy win so they decided to represent genocide instead of us, the voters. I still voted for them regardless but it felt altogether gross. It shouldn't feel that way, they are supposed to be the good ones.

I don't think we should condone the behavior by pivoting the blame to voters, who are just trying to be heard since clearly the democratic party has stopped listening.

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[–] GreyAlien@lemm.ee 33 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (16 children)

Post about israel stating they will exterminate Palestinians

You: it’s because of leftists and muslims and communists and santa maybe batman too.

Way to subtly change the subject and optics. Why don’t you focus on the fact that the United States is currently aiding and supporting a genocide that has been unfolding for the last 70 years? I’m not american and I would have voted for Harris if I was one, but you are disgraceful for using minorities like tokens you can use and throw as you please, I’m quite certain that even if all of them voted for Harris, trump would still have been elected due to your f***** up gerrymandering policy. Putting the blame on hundreds of thousands and not on the millions of apolitical voters is MAGA level nonsense.

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[–] PanArab@lemm.ee 30 points 1 week ago (13 children)

I didn’t vote for Trump but let’s not pretend that Harris was going to stop it as she didn’t distance herself from Biden on this issue. Biden had 15 months and he didn’t, not even symbolically at the UN choosing to veto ceasefire, vote against Palestinian right to self determination and continue sending Israel weapons.

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[–] LadyAutumn@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (16 children)

I have no idea what you're on about vis a vis voted for Trump believing he'd be better for Palestine. A minority people refused to vote Kamala because of her open support of genocide, but that doesn't mean they voted for Trump.

In either case, why is it their fault and not the fault of the democratic establishment exactly? Shouldn't your ire be for establishment democrats who refused to stop supporting a genocide? They could've done that, you know. This might blow your fucking mind but democrats can actually do stuff. No one was holding Kamala secretly at gun point and forcing her to support genocide. She refused to stop and instead parroted the usual talking points of Israel's "right to defend itself." Shouldn't that be the subject of your anger and frustration? Shouldn't you be furious at the democratic establishment becoming more and more conservative as time goes on? Shouldn't you be outraged at the way democrats persecute the progressive elements within their own political party? Instead of angry at the handful of people who tried to make their voices heard on the subject of literally funding and arming genociders?

Like what the fuck do you think political change within the democratic party looks like? Do you think that defending the establishment from anything and everything is how you get them to change? As each successive administration comes and goes the democrats have moved further and further to the right. They are well into conservative territory ideologically, and that should be immediately obvious to anyone paying attention. Gavin Newsom outright supported wild transphobia like forcing trans women into men's prisons just last week. And he's not the only one who's done this. The democratic party is not a party of progressives. They only support minorities until they feel it inconveniences them in any way.

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[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

The strawmen keep getting bigger and bigger in these threads. Pretty soon they will be so big we will be able to host burning man. While I am sure said voters do exist, they were not the millions of votes that the democrats needed.

It would be incredible if democrats got rid of First-past-the-post boring in the blue states they control so people could be free to vote outside the two party system with no spoiler effect. But capitalists hate competition.

As we can see by democratic inaction on reforming the voting system at the state level, democrats want to continue the hostage situation they present in every election. This is not democracy. Forcing people to vote for your preference will never be democracy. Thus the voting system flaws must be treated like the crisis that it is.

We must be pushing for electoral reform in every state, but why is it so difficult to get the supposed democracy advocates in the democratic party to start moving towards making these critical reforms happen in states they control?

Feel free to make excuses for the democrats. Feel free to attack me all you want. State level rlectoral reform will continue to be the nonviolent way out of this mess. I hope yall come around, even if it probably is to late.

Electoral Reform Videos

First Past The Post voting (What most states use now)

Videos on alternative electoral systems

STAR voting

Alternative vote

Ranked Choice voting

Range Voting

Single Transferable Vote

Mixed Member Proportional representation

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[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 week ago (7 children)

I too would like to come across one in the wild, because despite people constantly bitching about them, I've yet to see evidence that they exist

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[–] CalipherJones@lemmy.world 71 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Most of Palestinians are under the age of 18. Basically telling a bunch of kids he's going to kill them.

[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 54 points 1 week ago (2 children)

This is a fact I try to bring up often... It's a truly disturbing piece of information

Also, they're struggling to survive without enough supplies, they're being cut off from the Internet and power in part so they can't get their message to the world, and they couldn't kick out Hamas if they wanted to - they have no organization or individual power to actually do that

So it's worth considering...who is this message for?

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[–] hark@lemmy.world 70 points 1 week ago (2 children)

"return the hostages and kick out Hamas, and new options will open for you--including relocation to other parts of the world for those who choose. The alternative is destruction and total devastation."

So the choice is either ethnic cleansing with some genocide or ethnic cleansing with total genocide. This is completely unacceptable, yet there are those who argue that we must accept it and merely choose "the lesser of two evils" with the reason being that it could be worse. However, this only emboldens the evil and they will continue driving to make things worse and worse anyway.

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[–] UpperBroccoli@lemmy.blahaj.zone 63 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah actually, that's genocide.

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[–] SolidShake@lemmy.world 46 points 1 week ago (3 children)

don't forget about peace day 1 you guys.

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[–] Cocopanda@futurology.today 37 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Israeli’s are blood thirsty monsters. Prove me wrong.

[–] LeninOnAPrayer@lemm.ee 41 points 1 week ago (17 children)

The entire country is sick. The ones in power need to be held accountable and the population as a whole needs a "Denazification". Something that will require generations of reeducation to undue the fascist ethnostate that has indoctrinated children from birth.

Separating this Fascist state from Jewish identity is one of the most important things to do as well. One of the most antisemitic things being done today is when Israel commits genocide and pretends it is doing it for Jews. It is disgusting.

[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago

Separating this Fascist state from Jewish identity is one of the most important things to do as well.

It’s extremely disturbing how common it is to weaponize allegations of “antisemitism” against criticisms of Zionism. I would say it’s antisemitic to assume that all Jewish people support the actions of the state of Israel, but strangely, the ADL doesn’t seem to agrees.

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[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 34 points 1 week ago

If Israel and Russia can get away with it, then too the USA, and this is the ultimate goal: taking back the world to the days of "territorial conquests".

[–] NutWrench@lemmy.ml 30 points 1 week ago

The IAF blew up 400 men, women and children and today Netanyahu said, "this is only the beginning."

You can get deported from the US now for pointing that out.

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 26 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Israel killing civilians at random probably isn't going to help bring the average Palestinian to their side against Hamas. If they were being nice to the civilians they might actually be willing to help you.

[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 61 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This might come as a surprise but Israel wants to kill all Palestinians and steal their land. Not "beat Hamas".

[–] k1nk33@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago

This is exactly the sentiment. In no reality would they stop once these objectives are met.

[–] Bloomcole@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago (7 children)

If only Hitler would've killed less civilians maybe the invaded countries would've been willing to help him with those awful resistance fighters.

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[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago (15 children)

Well at least we know Trump will handle this much more ethically than that genocide-supporting demon Harris!

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