• @[email protected]
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      -3411 months ago

      They’re not. Murder has a specific definition, what’s happening in gaza is not it.

      Brutal, maybe, but it’s a useless word and the editorial guidelines likely provide different words that are more applicable in a reporting context.

      • @[email protected]
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        3111 months ago

        Murder does have a specific definition, you are correct in that.

        What’s happening in Gaza meets that definition, so you are wrong in that.

      • @[email protected]
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        2711 months ago

        Soldiers sniping obviously innocent people (including women going to church, and hostages trying to escape in their underwear waving white flags) is definitely murder.

        • @[email protected]
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          -2511 months ago

          If a solider is operating on orders when killing civilians, it’s legally not murder. It’s still bad, but they will not charged by the government with murder because it was authorized by the government.

          That’s what I’m saying here. There are legal definitions for these words that matter.

          • Nikelui
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            2211 months ago

            Ah, so it’s war crimes. I was worried there for a bit.
            /s

              • @[email protected]
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                611 months ago

                You know what else may be considered small brain thinking? Acting so pedantic over insignificant details like these, all while real people continue to die every day. The end result is the same: a mass slaughter of innocents.

                But that’s just my opinion.

                • @ttmrichter
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                  011 months ago

                  You know what else is small brain thinking? INCORRECTLY being pedantic about word choices. That’s the part that pisses me off the most with these apologists. They are literally incorrecting people using words properly.

              • @ttmrichter
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                211 months ago

                I cited the definitions of “murder” above. Explain to me, with reference to these definitions, how the term “murder” doesn’t apply. (Hint: this is not possible.)