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Defending their homes? So you must be on the side of Israeli civilians at whome Hamas is salvo firing rockets. Or if you are on the side of Hamas should Twitte

• guerrilla 5y ago
  > So you must be on the side of Israeli civilians at whome Hamas is salvo firing rockets. I feel like this is similar to a false dichotomy. The GP is pointing out a difference in resources and thus power. It doesn't mean one does not empathize with anyone suffering. That's just not something that follows. Any case of someone who is having their home, workplace and life destroyed is an absolute tragedy. I don't think that distracts from GPs point at all which has to do with power dynamics and the media's presentation of events. > Or if you are on the side of Hamas should Twitter remove all the Iron Dome videos showing interception of rockets deliberately fired at civilians by Hamas? Why would they do this? I don't understand the relevance.
• f6v 5y ago
  > So you must be on the side of Israeli civilians You’re right, civilians should be off limits. But don’t forget that many of those civilians are trained soldiers and could be deployed in a matter of days.