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Democratically elected by plurality, where the only competition was incompetent, and still only won by plurality… and hasnt had an election in 18 years, which m
by yieldcrv 3y ago
Democratically elected by plurality, where the only competition was incompetent, and still only won by plurality… and hasnt had an election in 18 years, which means 50% of the population has never had a democratically exercised opinion because they werent born yet, and of the other 50% not even 50% of the ones that voted had voted for Hamas
people really act like thats a “gotcha”
- SirSavary 3y agoIt's not a "gotcha", it's a factual statement. You can disagree with the mechanisms that brought them to power but it was still a legitimate election.
- yieldcrv 3y agoyes it is accurate and a rhetorical dog whistle for extremist approaches to making Palestinian civilians inseparable from Hamas it is also accurate that it was 18 years ago empathy shouldnt be that hard