People whose values are radically different to my own are still entitled to their own land. I've seen this "But can you go to a gay bar in Palestine?" sentiment a lot and it equates to Western entitlement and not seeing the woods for the trees. Is it something worth sorting out? You bet. Does it excuse hostile occupancy? For me it doesn't, but hey:
Supporting Palestinian people's rights doesn't equate to supporting everything Hamas do. Nor does providing necessary context on the decades of systemic bully-state tactics that have led to this kind of conflict.
There needs to be necessary contextualisation and understanding, because history unlearned from is doomed to repeat itself. I know the current news cycle makes it incredibly difficult - and that's actually completely excusable - but people with no real horse in the race weighing in to go "My team yeah! Turn Gaza into a car park!" are feeding into a loathsome culture war.
09-10-2023, 04:13 PM
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