I said the situation was (past tense) “more complicated” compared to the then commonly held view that Hamas was just being evil and terroristic on October 7th. I was agreeing that the view was oblivious.
I was not saying you were wrong, I was saying that even as you point out everyone in the damn world should know better, you didn’t point out the things they would have needed to know. That if it is that difficult for you to highlight the things he should have known, how can we expect him to know about them at a time when people had not been talking about it except for the very recent and very violent October 7th event.
What came before was bad, but nothing like what happened since and nowhere near as popularly known.
My point is simply that folks that showed support for Israel in the popular media in October and November of 2023 can be given a break. They weren’t necessarily pro genocide, just oblivious to the nuanced circumstances and focused on the most recent and severe single act, which was committed by Hamas. After the IDF went as far as they did, that obliviousness no longer is understandable.
Why do you insist on using past tense to describe what is ongoing, much the same way that nobody can point to an incident where these millionaires and billionaires that are worshipped for their celebrity status have come out and said “I was wrong, what’s going on are daily crimes against humanity the likes of which we have not seen before.”
Feel like you are trying to misunderstand for the sake of being outraged.
I was implying that the situation was more ‘nuanced’ and ‘complicated’ at the time of the October 7th attack, that the attack was horrible but it was a bit more complicated due to enduring misbehavior by Israel in Gaza and the West bank, both sides doing bad things. It has become less complicated because it has become absurdly one-sided atrocities by Israel in the recent years.
Yes, it would be good to see some folks come back and update their perspective given more information, but I’m still not going to advocate for crucifying someone solely for tacking their name on a letter of solidarity with Israel in the immediate wake of the October 7th attack.
I said the situation was (past tense) “more complicated” compared to the then commonly held view that Hamas was just being evil and terroristic on October 7th. I was agreeing that the view was oblivious.
I was not saying you were wrong, I was saying that even as you point out everyone in the damn world should know better, you didn’t point out the things they would have needed to know. That if it is that difficult for you to highlight the things he should have known, how can we expect him to know about them at a time when people had not been talking about it except for the very recent and very violent October 7th event.
What came before was bad, but nothing like what happened since and nowhere near as popularly known.
My point is simply that folks that showed support for Israel in the popular media in October and November of 2023 can be given a break. They weren’t necessarily pro genocide, just oblivious to the nuanced circumstances and focused on the most recent and severe single act, which was committed by Hamas. After the IDF went as far as they did, that obliviousness no longer is understandable.
Why do you insist on using past tense to describe what is ongoing, much the same way that nobody can point to an incident where these millionaires and billionaires that are worshipped for their celebrity status have come out and said “I was wrong, what’s going on are daily crimes against humanity the likes of which we have not seen before.”
Feel like you are trying to misunderstand for the sake of being outraged.
I was implying that the situation was more ‘nuanced’ and ‘complicated’ at the time of the October 7th attack, that the attack was horrible but it was a bit more complicated due to enduring misbehavior by Israel in Gaza and the West bank, both sides doing bad things. It has become less complicated because it has become absurdly one-sided atrocities by Israel in the recent years.
Yes, it would be good to see some folks come back and update their perspective given more information, but I’m still not going to advocate for crucifying someone solely for tacking their name on a letter of solidarity with Israel in the immediate wake of the October 7th attack.