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Israel/Palestine

Beastly Boy

(12,864 posts)

6. No, they don't get it. More accurately, they don't want to get it.

Reply to Richard D (Reply #5)

Fri Jun 6, 2025, 03:37 PM

Jun 6

It's far easier and more socially rewarding to wear keffiyehs and cry "genocide" than to learn what it means.

Russian troll farms and Iranian proxies took full advantage of what they correctly saw as the West's weakest spot - its intellectual laziness, particularly among cultural elites and the media.

And, evidently, we in the West are not disappointing them.

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Richard D

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How the Media Manufactured a 'Genocide' [View all] Mosby Jun 6 OP

does the article note that Israeli leadership has talked repeatedly in genocidal terms? LymphocyteLover Jun 6 #1

You are referring to these two , yes ? Israeli Jun 7 #9

Yes... and are they mentioned in the piece? LymphocyteLover Jun 7 #10

Of course not Israeli Jun 7 #11

Not only that, but the writer is most famous for doing some sort of war on 'wokeness'... Violet_Crumble Jun 8 #12

UK to impose sanctions on Smotrich, Ben Gvir over comments on Gaza Israeli Jun 11 #13

Does deliberately bombing women and children without an end game constitute genocide? Chasstev365 Jun 6 #2

Does the article mention VMA131Marine Jun 6 #3

All good Americans stand by Israel but what Nut & Yahoo is doing is genocidal wolfie001 Jun 6 #4

Do people not get.. Richard D Jun 6 #5

No, they don't get it. More accurately, they don't want to get it. Beastly Boy Jun 6 #6

Too true Richard D Jun 6 #7

Might makes moral? PufPuf23 Jun 7 #8