Dear Swifties:
The radical theocratic terrorists that targeted the Taylor Swift concert are functionally the same people that want to destroy Israel.
The ideology is the same. The willingness to kill civilians is the same. The goal is the same.
When you support Hamas, you’re supporting the same people that wanted to assassinate Taylor Swift and her fans.
fuck #hamas (many #palestinians agree)
fuck #netanyahu (many #israelis agree)
the problem:
someone speaks against hamas, and someone else confuses that with speaking against palestinians and supporting netanyahu
or:
someone speaks against netanyahu, and someone else confuses that with speaking against israelis and supporting hamas
but:
some *do* speak against israelis or palestinians
*nobody* can attack palestinians, israelis, #muslims, or #jews
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There’s an inconvenient truth and hole in the argument that Palestinians do not support Hamas @benroyce.
Anticipating some pushback, so saving some time here. If Palestinians cannot govern themselves, then they shouldn’t have a country. If they can, then they have to own their problems.
@briannawu is right here.
https://www.axios.com/2024/08/06/hamas-names-political-leader-yahya-sinwar
a people should always govern themselves
period
that there exist parasitical entities like hamas who push mass murder on others as a dynamic for control, is an argument against hamas, *not* against palestinians
i mean, you could use your own logic against israelis with netanyahu
or americans with trump
or russians with putin
or venezuelans with maduro
etc
my point is:
do not confuse the parasite with the people
The question is not what people *should* do. The question is, what *is* happening in Palestine? What *was* happening on October 6th in Palestine?
Were the Palestinians ruling themselves or not? And how does one explain these poll results and square it with the future?
A wartime opinion poll among Palestinians shows a rise in support for Hamas, which appears to have ticked up even in the devastated Gaza Strip. The survey published Wednesday also reflected an overwhelming rejection of Western-backed President Mahmoud Abbas, with nearly 90% saying he must resign. The findings signal more difficulties ahead for the Biden administration’s postwar vision for Gaza. Washington has called for the Palestinian Authority, the West Bank-based autonomy government currently led by Abbas, to eventually assume control of Gaza and run both territories as a precursor to Palestinian statehood. The pollster said that with findings indicating a further erosion of the PA’s legitimacy, the default option for post-war Gaza is likely an open-ended Israeli occupation.
I want to add that I think what is happening in Palestine is a travesty. But if you are going to continuously make war with a stronger neighbor, then…the situation is not going to get better.
And so I ask again - do Palestinians own their aggression *OR* do they not govern themselves? Either answer is not good for a future Palestinian homeland.
Here is the dynamic:
1. A parasite's legitimacy decays
2. Declare war on a perceived enemy
3. Legitimacy replenished, because now the people are fighting for their life
This is true of Hamas
This is true of Netanyahu
This is true of Putin
This is true of Maduro
Etc, etc
Do not buy into this dynamic
Reject the parasite, do not reject the people
I keep coming back to this point you are making: Palestinians have no agency and no responsibility for this war.
Sorry, we disagree on this point.
War sucks. Many people get hurt. There might be huge portions of the population that didn’t want the war - especially now. But before the war, that wasn’t the case.
That’s the inconvenient truth.
Brianna Wu
ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES
Rob
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