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Downvoting because this is dehumanizing rhetoric, the kind used to rationalize all kinds of violence and oppression of a group of people. This kind of demonizin

Downvoting because this is dehumanizing rhetoric, the kind used to rationalize all kinds of violence and oppression of a group of people. This kind of demonizing of one side or the other is exactly what I’m objecting to; both populations should be humanized and considered with empathy, neither side should be characterized as demonic or subhuman. No progress will ever be made in resolving this conflict if one side or the other is dehumanized and has all the blame heaped on them. It is unfortunate that Gazans elected a party with an explicit platform of genocide against the Jews, yes. Its still not appropriate to dehumanize them is and it’s definitely not productive.

bronzeage 5y ago
But it is productive. It reminds you what happens if you are accidentally naïve enough to give Palestinians a chance to hurt you. They will take that chance at any cost and price because they do not care about their own wellbeing. And they did well in brainwashing the rest of their people into being bloodthirsty savages, the damage is already deep in their minds and hearts. Just taking a look at their schools and propaganda. The Palestinians already chose to dehumanize themselves. They choose to teach their own children that nothing matters more than killing Israelis. They choose to raise their children into a brainwash of shahids. Nothing short of a massive generational counter-brainwash can fix this problem. It's damage rooted deep in the minds of Palestinians and no leader can fix it because no peaceful leader can arise and lead people who have been brainwashed into war since they were born.