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[–] Gonroz@lemmy.world 84 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Interesting. Most liberals I know already agree with that sentiment without having to be told.

[–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.one 15 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

It's true not all liberals support this, but I've certainly seen a fair number hand-waving Biden's vocal support of this genocidal state as if it's no big deal.

Edit: "Fascism is good, actually." -liberals

[–] Jimmyeatsausage@lemmy.world 31 points 2 years ago (28 children)

It's not that it's "not a big deal." It's that he's still the better of the two realistic possibilities. No Republican running for president will be harder on Israel than Biden is being (which is, admittedly, in no way hard), and they are all far worse on other metrics important to the left.

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[–] banneryear1868@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Liberals: "Jeez this genocide is detestable for what it's doing to Biden's polling."

[–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.one 6 points 2 years ago (9 children)

It's all a sick game to them. It's always about the polls and the next election. Sometimes I feel like they're incapable of any actual genuine empathy.

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[–] wetnoodle@sopuli.xyz 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Yet the guy who says this shit is the liberal choice for president: "Folks, were there no Israel, there wouldn't be a Jew in the world that was safe."

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-alludes-disagreements-with-israels-netanyahu-2023-12-12/

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That comes with the boldest admission I’ve ever seen, that we as the entire rest of the world are uniformly unwilling to stand by and protect the Jewish people in our communities and countries. Fuck that. No, we must protect our Jewish neighbors, we must be willing to take in Jewish refugees of antisemitism. We must take it upon ourselves be the place where Jews are safe. Saying Israel is the source of Jewish safety is a fucking cop out and it’s a disgusting one at that.

[–] stevehobbes@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

But if past performance is any indication, it’s also true.

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[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 54 points 2 years ago (7 children)

Not necessarily. It’s genocide because they’re being specifically targeted for their race, religion, ethnic group, or other genetic or cultural characteristics. Which they absolutely are. If you lock the doors at rock concerts and kill everyone in attendance it’s just mass murder.

[–] foggianism@lemmy.world 26 points 2 years ago

It's genocide because their culture is slowly getting wiped out. Genocide happens not only in the giant open air concentration camp called Gaza, but also in the West Bank, where the Palestinians are supposedly living in peace with the Israelis. Check out Anna Baltzers documentary about her experience in the West Bank. She went there as a sceptic upon hearing from friends about gruesome stories of how the Israelis treat Palestinians.

Video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_MDC2Gty4I&si=DWDaLQmvkl2Tv27a

[–] sarmale@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

"just" feels weird here, idk why

[–] Rusty_Red@lemm.ee 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Imo the just feels weird because mass murder shouldn't be a "just". It should be somewhat near a penultimate, but compared to genocide...

[–] cRazi_man@lemm.ee 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Genocide = mass murder + the attempt to wipeout a characteristic people.

So "just" mass murder could be considered one step less worse than genocide.

[–] Rusty_Red@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

No disagreement at all, still feels like we shouldn't be applying that word to something so severe.

[–] platypus_plumba@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Religion is just an excuse to get people on board. This is a territory war, religion is just the thing dividing the two sides, but this is not about religion or race, this is about land and power.

[–] Rediphile@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago

Is subculture not a form of culture?

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[–] phoneymouse@lemmy.world 29 points 2 years ago (8 children)
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[–] pinkdrunkenelephants@lemmy.cafe 21 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I can't believe the Israeli government of all entities drank the fascist Kool-Aid.

[–] cynar@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago (25 children)

They went aggressive defense, after the effects of WW2. They built an impressive machine to both keep themselves safe (by all means necessary) and hunt down Nazis who fled into hiding.

Unfortunately, they ran out of targets, on the nazi front, and really pissed off their neighbours. Rather than risk de-escalating, they've gone all-in.

The intergenerational changeover, and the political games that entailed lead to the current situation.

Stare too long into the abyss, and the abyss will stare back into you.

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[–] masquenox@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

They drank that particular strain of Kool-Aid back in 1949.

[–] ASeriesOfPoorChoices@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Welcome to 1995. You'll catch up.

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[–] masquenox@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Also, liberals... Israel has been doing it since 1949.

[–] dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 years ago

This meme was made in Gimp! I'd recognize that centered drop shadow anywhere!

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