• bamboo@lemm.ee
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    4 days ago

    Calling the people you dislike “terrorists” to avoid critical thinking about the atrocities (including genocide) of your own side isn’t really the gotcha you think it is.

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      4 days ago

      Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, and Israel are currently acting as terrorist states/groups. That isn’t up for debate, because it’s objective reality.

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        4 days ago

        I’m not sure that there is credible evidence of Iran and its affiliates targeting civilians the same way that the occupation has, their acts all seem to be targeting military installations rather than civilian targets. The occupation primarily targets civilians and civilian infrastructure.

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          3 days ago

          I’m not sure that there is credible evidence of Iran and its affiliates targeting civilians the same way that the occupation has

          I guess Oct 7 was just a figment of our collective imaginations.

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            3 days ago

            That was a military attack on military targets. It’s hard to know for sure what the actual outcome of that day was though since the occupation prohibits investigations. Certainly there were many civilian deaths, but there isn’t any evidence that suggests they were an intended target or that the majority were even killed by Hamas.

    • the_toast_is_gone@lemmy.world
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      4 days ago

      I’m not calling them that on my own. I’m describing them the way multiple other nations have described them - not Israel. You only need to see their actions towards their own population to see why.