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I've been silent for 21 months of genocide, but this one editorial criticizing Israel will prove I've always been on the right side of history (www.thebeaverton.com)

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[–] sudo@programming.dev 45 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The article isn't criticizing any individual specifically. We should all take note of who is just now pivoting on their support for genocide.

We had a similar lesson with the Iraq war. Many politicians and pundits parroted Bush about Saddam's WMDs and then later said it was all a lie. Those same people pandered lies again about 40 beheaded babies and secret Hamas bases under hospitals. Naming and shaming them now isn't the priority but we should not forget who they are unless we believe their lies again.

[–] skisnow@lemmy.ca 17 points 3 days ago

What this also has in common with Iraq is that we already knew. People who changed their minds later on act like they were responding to new information and are therefore reasonable people who were just previously misinformed. But the evidence was always there the whole time, and those who were against it were doing their best to shout it out whilst getting shut down with accusations of being terrorist sympathizers.