• Flying SquidM
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    That information is way out of date. There are almost no schools left because Israel destroyed 90% of them.

    https://reliefweb.int/report/occupied-palestinian-territory/education-under-attack-gaza-nearly-90-school-buildings-damaged-or-destroyed-and-no-university-left-standing

    If you’re going to claim that Israel is killing children because Hamas is hiding in schools and there aren’t schools, that’s a really silly claim.

    And if there were schools, you’re claiming that Israel needs to bomb schools filled with children in self-defense. I don’t know that you’re going to find too many people sympathetic to that argument.

    I sincerely hope you aren’t a parent if you feel children are so disposable.

    Also, if you have to kill children in the name of self-defense, maybe you don’t have anything worth defending.

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      I’m saying this is a strategy Hamas uses, and they haven’t stopped. They have been launching rockets from Rafah, hospitals and other civilian areas, they told civilians not to evacuate from war zones, and since half of Gaza is children that means yes, Hamas is attacking Israel from among children.

      I’m saying using such despicable tactics is not a free genocide without reprisal card, nor should it confer a tactical advantage as that just means more of this in the future.

      • Flying SquidM
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        Yes. You have already made it clear that you think the murder of thousands of children is justified for the sake of Israel’s self-defense.

        And I have made it clear that I think that if you have to kill thousands of children in the name of self-defense, you have nothing worth defending.

        Suggesting that there is anything reason to justify killing thousands of children is pretty disturbing.

        I would sacrifice my own life to save one child.

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          Collateral damage is not murder. I feel like a parrot having to refute all these same inaccurate characterizations over and over again. Calling it murder doesn’t make it so.

          Good thing you’re not in charge of any defense forces. If your opponents strapped their own children to tanks I suppose you’d just let them roll in and take over.

          • @ShittyBeatlesFCPres
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            It’s not a genocide because of collateral damage. It’s a genocide because they used wholly inappropriate 2000 lbs bombs on civilian targets, used starvation as a tactic, refused to let meaningful amounts of humanitarian aid in, bombed schools and hospitals, and used genocidal language that demonstrates intent.

            Go ahead and defend Itamar Ben-Gvir if you want but he’s a Kahanist. Go ahead and defend Netanyahu but he’s the one who is a disgrace to Judaism and arguably the worst leader of a major power in my lifetime. War crimes have happened. Mass graves exist and torture prisons exist. Genocide requires intent and I’d argue there’s been dozens of statements by members of Israel’s cabinet that constitute a very strong case.

              • @jordanlund
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                Israel crossed the line from self defense into genocide when they started ruthlessly executing innocent civilians and aid workers. You cannot justify their bullshit.

                Propaganda/Genocide denial/justification removed.

              • @ShittyBeatlesFCPres
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                At the very least, we can agree that this is not a normal war and both Hamas and Israeli actions require an investigation. Hamas, being a terrorist group and not a state actor, should be treated as a terrorist group. They don’t represent Palestine at the UN and no one in their right mind recognizes them as anything other than a stain upon the world.

                Israel (and Fatah) have a different level of responsibility. I understand that October 7th was despicable. I hope Hamas disappears. But Israel, if it wants to be in the community of nations, has to conduct war in accordance with the laws of war. And I don’t think they have.

                I would obviously say the same about the Rohingya genocide and the unfolding one in Darfur. Never again means never again. I’ve been to the genocide museum in DC and concentration camps in Europe but also the Rwandan genocide memorial and others. I think what we’re seeing is a genocide. Nothing is clear in the fog of war so it won’t be clear today or tomorrow but the UN is not wrong for investigating.

          • Flying SquidM
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            If your opponents strapped their own children to tanks I suppose you’d just let them roll in and take over.

            You know, I was going to answer the rest substantively, but this is the most ludicrous thing I’ve heard in quite some time. You are not here in good faith.

            • DarkGamer
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              I used a somewhat satirical metaphor you don’t like, so now I’m not here in good faith? Interesting reasoning.

              • Flying SquidM
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                46 months ago

                “Somewhat satirical” does not describe the ludicrous thing you said. So yes, you’re not here in good faith.