Probably not much at this particular point in time unless you mean getting blown up by rocket fire
The meme is meant to get something similar across. The people who ask questions like that somehow seem to expect all the suffering people there are going through to be ignored or something.
I understand it to a degree. There are radical Muslims who do not do great things to gay people, but the majority of civilians who reside or resided there previously have not given evidence of any wrongdoing of that nature, but are getting blown up anyway. And blasted on the internet as dangerous Muslims
Sounds like you understand it for the full 360 degrees.
Obviously religious dogma and hate is bad
Obviously not everyone part of a religion interprets and lives by it the same way.
Obviously actual warcrimes and being systematically murdered for potential rather than proven evil is way way worse.
100% agree
I don’t think your sexuality matters too much when you’re being bombed by the IOF.
Dear people reporting this meme. The meme is that we (HOPEFULLY) don’t agree with smug neckbeards spouting shitty arguments. The background shows the reality of what living in Gaza rn looks like (i.e. your sexuality doesn’t come into play when you’re getting bombed by the IOF). This has been your critical thinking lesson of the day, please continue to have more.
The basement dwellers reporting this probably are those same neckbeards with that argument. It’s a major blow to their concern-trolling about a “gay genocide”. They just hate it when the subtext of “white gay genocide is the only worrying genocide” gets called out. Specially in based rainbow spaces.
If I was gay in gaza I wouldn’t care if the bomb that killed me had a pride flag or if the tank driving over my home had a pride flag
People always use that argument like it isn’t dangerous being gay, trans, etc. in the US. don’t throw stones in glass houses
I think that’s usually used against LGBT people supporting Hamas and not as much to support Israeli attacks and occupation. For the latter yeah it’s not a very good gotcha, LGBT rights probably aren’t the biggest worry right now for people living in Gaza
there are bad people on both sides.
some I assume, are good people
There has been a lot of pinkwashing (JVP), it’s been a pretty gross way for Israel to deflect criticism of crimes against humanity by using identity politics
I was about to say that it does mention it in the article but I realized it was the other comment I made. But yes, Israel absolutely uses it as a tool of their propaganda.
Besides, Israel itself is also becoming increasingly unfriendly for LGBTQ folk (whether Israeli or not) etc., due to the growth of the far-right/reactionary groups, who gained support due to media and oligarchs employing a “divide and rule” policy. Those parties hold a majority in the Knesset.
And almost every group is anti-Palestine there, ie. supports exclusion based on the concept of an ethnostate, or are not supportive of the Right to Return after the Nakba.
Just one list (composed of two groups) in the Knesset doesn’t condone genocide (be it immediate, gradual, whitewashed, pinkwashed or any of these forms.). That list being Hadash Ta’al. Of those, one is nationalist however, and the other is effectively ‘neutral’ on the matter of Palestinians’ right to return to their homes and live there as full citizens, instead of supportive.
Only one party, that is, Maki, seems to be fully ‘normal’. This party does propose a two-state solution, but other than that is one of few beacons in a wasteland of genocidal pink-/brown-washing, I am afraid.
Furthermore the Election Committee of Israel disqualified a list candidate from Hadash (from Hadash Ta’al), while the Election Committee is composed of Knesset members. In essence, the parliament picks its own candidates, instead of the people picking their own candidate. That is not democratic.
