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[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I don't give a fuck about Hamas in this conversation. This is strictly about liberation for oppressed peoples.

[–] qnick@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

When you talk about liberation, it's usually good to clarify what exactly you mean by that.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine was called "liberation" too by the Kremlin.

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

Liberation means that Palestinians get to be treated as human beings, not trapped in an open air prison, not limited to the bare minimum amount of food and water, and not harassed and beaten by the IDF just for being Palestinian. They live in an apartheid state with very few rights or freedoms.

[–] qnick@lemmy.world -2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Unfortunately, some of the people that you support, have a different understanding of the same word. They think that the only way they can be liberated is by murdering me and my family.

I feel like a black person explaining what "All lives matter" means.

[–] leraje@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 2 years ago

Right. And those people who want that are terrorists.

But that opinion doesn't extend to every single Palestinian or every supporter of Palestinian people anymore than every Irish Catholic thinks the same as an IRA member or every American thinks the same as a Proud Boy or (as this letter makes clear) every ethnic (as oppose to religious) Jew think the same as Netanyahu.