cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17887604
“Children have been shot in other conflicts I have covered. But never before have I watched as soldiers enticed children like mice into a trap and murdered them for sport.”
- Christopher Hedges American journalist on assignment in Gaza
And I can call it out as a false equivalency, which is what I did. One is actually worse.
They’re both as bad and bringing it to attention shouldn’t be controversial.
Killing children is worse than not killing them.
Russia has killed plenty of Ukrainian children.
Russia doesn’t intentionally target children, wereas Israel demonstrably does. One is actually worse than the other.
Since you’re determined to talk in circles and not listen to my contributions I might as well exit this conversation and let you continue by yourself.