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Why are you so quick to assume I don't have skin in the game? You could be talking to someone with family members that died in the Levant. Instead of unpacking
by talldayo 3y ago
Why are you so quick to assume I don't have skin in the game? You could be talking to someone with family members that died in the Levant. Instead of unpacking that, I think it's smarter for us to argue on rational merits.
I know and do not contest that Hamas is a terrorist group. The suppression of genuine Palestinian suffering as a 'weapon' against Hamas is generating grassroots (and largely justified) skepticism of Israeli news outlets. For many topics, they are just as biased as the 'government' Hamas frontmen that lie out their nose for political support. It's a tragic situation that makes me ashamed to be an American taxpayer the more I hear about it.
- wslh 3y ago[flagged]
- talldayo 3y agoThey may have been. They live in Lebanon, when they're not being contested by settlers or occupied they're usually trying to maintain their claim to sovereignty same as anyone. It would unfortunately not surprise me to hear if they were threatened throughout October. Regarding being an American citizen, I feel pretty proud that our government is taking a skeptical approach to Netanyahu's leadership. It just pains me that I'm indirectly supporting the same people that are effectively displacing half my family. I do engage with US politics, I don't see the value in petty protests of democracy though.