First, "Muslim" is a very broad category. For some it's a pious belief, for others less so, for others a cultural marker and nothing more. I don't see much va

First, "Muslim" is a very broad category. For some it's a pious belief, for others less so, for others a cultural marker and nothing more. I don't see much value in the commenter's rant about "pro-Palestinianism" either (as it basically seems to be crude smear against this group for exactly the reasons you state), but ironically, it seems that you're guilty of projecting assumed beliefs here also, to some degree. For another, if the commenter is trolling about their Muslim identity, then it would appear to be a highly cultivated effort, not limited to this post -- see e.g. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41028368 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41028368 -- so Occam's Razor suggests that they most likely are not. Make of that what you will. I personally don't care about anyone's identity, religion or lack thereof. In any case, the commenter is definitely riffing on a basically pretty lame stereotype about Palestinians, and seems highly indifferent to their plight as a group (on top peddling another stereotype that seems to consider all those who have strong concerns about the issue as being "woke"), so whatever motivations they may have for cultivating this nonsense are immaterial, in my book.