Hyperreality

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[–] Hyperreality@kbin.social 15 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

What a load of revisionist crap.

America has (often deliberately) bombed hospitals. Remember Chelsea Manning? She was arrested at least in part because she leaked footage of American soldiers laughing after they'd killed journalists. They bombed Al Jazeera's offices in Afghanistan too. They bombed the red-cross twice in Kabul, the second time after they'd been notified of red cross locations, but bombed them anyway.

It's not even a secret. They've admitted they did it deliberately in at least one instance:

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/12/09/us-military-admits-we-deliberately-bombed-hospital-iraq

Last time I checked, roughly 50,000 people have died in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict since 1948. The War on Terror has likely killed at least a million innocent civilians.

The last time someone suggested putting American soldiers on trial for war crimes in the Hague, the US signed the 'Hague Invasion Act' into law, effectively allowing the US to invade the Netherlands rather than have an American GI go on trial for even the most heinous crimes.

I mean, remember Colin Powell? He first rose to prominence white washing the My Lai massacre. They raped, mutilated and murdered children. Only one person was convicted, and ultimately only a few years of house arrest before the president commuted his sentence. Those who initially tried to prevent or hinder the massacre, were initially denounced as traitors. The guy who whitewashed the whole thing, became one of the most senior members of the US military.

If Israel acted like the US military, they would have carpet bombed the whole gaza strip by now. CNN would have been gushing about how brilliant it all was. Shock and Awe! Mass precision bombing. Surgical strikes. No mention of the thousands who died, just like happened during the initial invasion of Iraq, where up to 10,000 innocent civilians died, commemorated by a throw-away line about how advanced the US military is and how they managed to keep 'collateral damage' to an absolute minimum.

[–] Hyperreality@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Non-profit social media isn't exactly healthy either.

I know beehaw is a relative safe haven, but venture to other instances in the fediverse and you'll find cesspits of toxicity that are as bad as it gets.

And given what my experiences with toxic positivity, cancelling and culture wars in minority run communities which should know better, I doubt beehaw doesn't have its fair share of toxicity too. Even if you manage to keep out the worst bigots, people who have been hurt or bullied, quite often end up hurting or bullying others.

L'enfer c'est les autres.

[–] Hyperreality@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Not American, so I was confused because there've also been stories about McConnell, Biden and Trump having lapses in international media.

[–] Hyperreality@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I'm not American. Here's a list of US politicians who have had 'senior moment' gaffes or incidents based on international(!!!) coverage of US politics:

Biden, Trump, Feinstein, and McConnell.

I know US politics is hyper-partisan, but please don't disingeniously deny they're too old to govern, based on party preference. A turd is still a turd, even if it's better than a bag of vomit.

[–] Hyperreality@kbin.social -2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

There is always a side defending the indefensible in a war or genocide. Eg. Xinjiang.

There are very good reasons to be critical of Israel.

The level of media attention and debate is however disproportionate, which is at best weird.

[–] Hyperreality@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago (5 children)

I'm not.

I'm pointing out the Israeli-Palestinian conflict gets a disproportionate amount of attention, compared to comparable or significantly worse conflicts.

That’s because there is nothing to discuss. Everybody agrees its fucking terrible.

Do they?

Is ignoring something a sign someone cares a lot about a subject?

[–] Hyperreality@kbin.social 19 points 2 years ago (8 children)

Ah yes, the party that keeps people with dementia in office until they die

I don't have a dog in this fight, but it's unclear which party you're talking about.

[–] Hyperreality@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (8 children)

Do you go into the comment section in articles about Yemen and blame the hate and indignation on racism as well? Why not?

I've never seen an article about Yemen discussed here on the fediverse.

Have you?

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