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      Also Fox News.

      And to be honest, the problem is much deeper.

      America was founded on racism and slavery. The belief that white people are superior to brown and black people sits very deep with many Americans.

      The enthouisam of those Americans to see Palestinian children die in Gaza is just vile and disgusting.

      I really hope that the more progressive and enlightened Americans can figure out how to get rid of it.

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        The enthouisam of those Americans to see Palestinian children die in Gaza is just vile and disgusting.

        The real irony is many of those same folks are anti-Jewish in nearly every other context.

        I really hope that the more progressive and enlightened Americans can figure out how to get rid of it.

        I thought a lot of this shit was settled already when I was a kid. Turns out it not only wasn’t, but we’ve managed to roll some things backwards since then. I waffle between being sure we’ve got the critical mass to make lasting change now and beingg sure my great grandkids are going to be fighting and arguing over all these same issues.

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          As an American Jew, I’ve almost gotten used to antisemitism from the right. From being told to my face “the only thing Hitler did wrong was not finishing the job” to having public Jewish displays vandalized to literal Nazis marching in the street being referred to as “very fine people.”

          What has surprised me recently was the number of anti-semitic comments from the left. I’m fine with people criticizing Israel and pushing for better treatment of the Palestinian people. That’s not antisemitism and I’d actually agree with them. However, I’ve seen people on the left celebrating the attack, making fun of babies being killed, and even claiming that an attack on an American temple and bakery are justified because they are “symbols of the Jewish/Zionist state.”

          I know many on the left aren’t anti-semitic, but it just feels so frightening to be targeted from both sides of the aisle - especially for Israel’s actions when I, as an American Jew, have zero control over what they do.

          • I can only empathize - I don’t have a similar situation but I’m sure it’s difficult and creates a feeling of unease.

            Sorry!

            I’m definitely on the side that feels Israel takes their reaction too far when things like this happen, but I can’t justify blaming individual Israeli citizens for that, let alone US Jews. It’s just a bad situation over there, and far too many people have what they think are fair reasons to justify their hatred.

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          The real irony is many of those same folks are anti-Jewish in nearly every other context.

          Yep. It’s not that conservatives give a shit about Jews; they very much don’t. What they care about is Israel existing as a precondition for Armageddon so that they can get Raptured. In other words, they’re psychopathic doomsday cultists and their support of Israel is purely selfish.

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          Peace is also hell if you live in Palestine. Israel isn’t teaching them anything they didn’t already know.

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            Nothing that happens in this world matters if you’re Hamas, so anything goes.

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              Israel is attacking Gaza, not Hamas.

              And that’s a pretty dumb caricature, too. People who don’t care about the world become hermits or monks, not terrorists. Do you think Hamas is just evil for no reason? They obviously care a great deal about what happens in the world, and it’s pretty obvious what their grievances are. I’m not excusing their actions, but I’m also not sympathetic to the people who’ve been running Israel, because Hamas is a problem they created through their own cruelty.

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                Do you think Hamas is just evil for no reason?

                Oh no. They’re evil because they have selected an extraordinarily evil set of religious beliefs as basis for their organization.

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          They can declare all the war they want. What they are actually doing is cowardly murder.

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            Say, if Palestine is being ruled by someone they don’t like then doesn’t that mean Israel are the liberators?

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            Hamas is the ruling party of Palestine, or at least the Gaza Strip. Therefore Palestine, or Gaza Strip at least, attacked Israel.

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              Hamas was elected in a plurality, not a majority, in 2006. Since then, they’ve cancelled future elections. I don’t think they should be recognized as Gaza’s legitimate government until they run elections. The leaders of Hamas don’t even live in Gaza - preferring to run things from the safety of another country as they funnel money away from the Palestinian people and towards their own pockets and weapons to kill Jews in Israel.

              I’m not saying Hamas being deposed would fix the issues in the Middle East. That situation is such a twisted knot that no one thing will solve it. However, the Palestinian people need to be able to hold elections and decide for themselves whether or not Hamas will continue to lead them.

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                If Hamas doesn’t represent the Palestinians then does that mean Israel are the Liberators from their unwanted rulers?

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                  I wouldn’t put it that way at all. I’m sure the Palestinian people don’t see the Israeli military as liberators and the Israeli government/military don’t see themselves in this role. It would definitely be good for the Palestinians in the long term if they were given the right to vote back, though.

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                Palestinians deposing Hamas would fix their worst issues at least. But we all know they’re not going to do that.

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          … And have been for over 60 years while they occupy their land.

          Forgot that part. No biggie though, sure it was an honest mistake.

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      He’s 71 and obviously mentally ill. And yes, rightwing stochastic terrorism led him to this path.

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    Conservatives are so fucking cowardly, they’re afraid of children now? When will that entire party be officially considered a hate group? Because i think now would be a good time.

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        (Continuing:)

        “So you care about people with jobs?”

        Conservatives: Hah! Unions shouldn’t be legal, workers are lucky to get paid. We should eliminate minimum wage, let the free market decide what you’re worth, if anything.

        “You support the free market… So you don’t mind my selling pride accessories and clothing?”

        Conservatives: Pride is pornographic, and endangers children. We need to restore morality and decency in society, keep children safe!

        “In that case, you surely condemn child trafficking, abuse and pedophilia?”

        Conservatives: hey it’s fine for adult men to have relationships with teenage girls, that’s when they’re most fertile! Plus the Bible has no problems with it.

        “The Bible also says to love your neighbor, turn the other cheek.”

        Conservatives: That’s weak minded effeminate liberal nonsense, we should rule with iron fists and show no mercy.

        “Are you saying you do know how to rule?

        Conservatives: lol we can’t even decide who to elect as our leader, much less govern effectively. Honestly we’re just here for the grift and free healthcare.

        “…”

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          “Are you saying you do know how to rule?”

          More like:

          Conservatives: Don’t tread on me! Government is expensive, i don’t want to pay taxes! The government should stay out of my life!

          Then continue into the mob justice rants and pigeonhole them into describing how they would rather have a fascist dictator than anything else.

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      Ron DeSantis is currently afraid of a 15 year old who asks him questions. His security detail treats the kid like a security threat

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      They are afraid of everything that’s doesn’t fit into their little religious bubble. Years of brainwashing with 24/7 “news” cycles telling them what to be afraid of (anything but them).

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    The boy was stabbed 26 times and succumbed to his injuries, the sheriff’s office said.

    The 32-year-old woman, who had more than a dozen stab wounds, is recovering at the hospital and is expected to survive, the office said.

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        Extremists who have fallen for the dehumanization of Muslims. It’s just another example of why all the dehumanization and pro-genocide rhetoric coming out of Israel’s government and social media is so dangerous.

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          Also American Christian Zionism. Israel can only get away with it the way they do because the genocide had forgien backing

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            Shot, even the Israelis are more critical of their government compared to the average American Zionist.

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        The same type of people that are capable of stabbing babies in their cribs.

        At least in this case no one is making any excuses.

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    A 6 year old was stabbed 26 times.

    #26 TIMES!!!

    I have a nephew around that age. He fell off his bike 2 weeks ago and cried his eyes out because he scraped his knee on the road.

    The fact that the coward is so old too. He lived a full life. Whether he lives or does in prison is irrelevant. No matter what his punishment is, it’s unjustified.

    26 times man. The poor mom. Fuck, imagine escaping the hell in Palestine, thinking you’ve finally made it and can actually make a life in the US, and this is what you get. Life is so incredibly unfair for some. That’s what conservatives don’t understand. They simply cannot fathom any scenario that doesn’t affect them personally.

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      Fuck, imagine escaping the hell in Palestine, thinking you’ve finally made it and can actually make a life in the US, and this is what you get.

      Well I’m going to get a tiny bit of hate for this, but both her and the killer went to live on the graves of the Native Americans who were genocided to free that land. So maybe it’s not entirely as innocent as you describe it

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        Well I’m going to get a tiny bit of hate for this

        Ha, well at least you’re aware.

        both her and the killer went to live on the graves of the Native Americans who were genocided to free that land. So maybe it’s not entirely as innocent as you describe it

        Neither her or the scum that killed her child were responsible for the Genocide of the Native Americans.

        A lady escaped the hell of Palestine and ended up losing her child in a horrific and extremely violent murder. This is not the time to mention the Natives. The only people who need to hear about them are the people choosing to govern the nation.

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    What the fuck is it with all these comments taking the horrific news of a 6 year old being stabbed 26 times in a hate crime… and they respond with some witty “gotcha” comments against the other side? Like am I crazy? Did anyone else get that vibe?

    Anyway so…

    On Saturday, Israel’s military 

    Ah. Just when I was wondering why they even bothered to write and publish this tragedy that so often gets ignored … yes that’s right! That shit is trending!

    I think I fucking hate the internet now.

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      I’m sure a good portion of them are from the Hexbear community that many have defederated from. I’m glad for defederation because I don’t have to see their toxic, disrespectful comments. People who want to leave defederation up to individuals must not be familiar with the Paradox of Tolerance.

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        Here’s the problem I have with the whole wack-ass federation system:

        Those Hexbear trolls could just make accounts on other instances and keep messing with people without consequences.

        Most major Lemmy instances aren’t heavily moderated and the ones that are are only modded to serve the emotional whims of the mods and admins, and not for the benefit of the users.

        The whole-ass structure still has a hierarchy and therefore is still problematic.

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          Except other instances don’t allow hate speech and behavior like Hexbear admins do. Their whole instance is dedicated to trolling and spreading hate and disinformation. So they really can’t just go anywhere and act like they do.

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            That’s not gonna stop them. They can arbitrarily make as many accounts as they need to do it, and just bounce from account to account one comment at a time if necessary.

            Most people have at least a few alts on other instances simply by virtue of instance shopping. Meaning most people already can evade bans.

            It’s just a bad, broken system.

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              A bad and broken system isn’t an excuse for doing nothing about a problem.

              Defederation is the best option available.

              Much better than requiring individuals to block toxic instances.

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              That’s not gonna stop them. They can arbitrarily make as many accounts as they need to do it, and just bounce from account to account one comment at a time if necessary.

              There’s a finite number of servers though that they can create accounts on.

              The admins of those servers would notice someone spamming account creations just to make comments and bypass bans.

              What you’re describing is not a federation issue, it’s a server admin issue.

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              If they have that much spare time then let them. They can rule over lemmy and the rest of us get to enjoy the actual world while they’re tied up screaming at their keyboards.

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        I usually agree with this sentiment, but I honestly think Hexbear users have had better takes than the other average user on this. It’s generally not the hexbear users I see trying to justify violence in this case. Mostly they’re against it. I have plenty of issues with hexbear, but at least be accurate with criticism.

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            Lol. Just because I defend them once after critiquing them dozens of times probably, you tell me to go there. You’re as bad as they are.

            My instance isn’t defederated from them though so I’d have no reason to. I wouldn’t care if it were defederated really because generally they’re annoying assholes. I guess you guys have that in common.

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            Check my comment history. I’ve had many arguments with them. I’m not from hexbear, but in this one situation they have been mostly better than the average Lemmy user from what I’ve seen. They’re almost all anti-violence in this situation in my experience, though some are more violently anti-Zionist which is pretty fair considering how many die because the Zionists can do it without consequences.

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              They’re not anti violence. They’re anti self defense by groups they don’t care about.

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          They call for nuking western whites (that is genocide). Don’t defend those hypocritical twats, they just want to kill anyone who disagrees.

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    It’s weird af that CNN does not share the fact that the boy and his mother are Palestinian-Americans, but the other news articles do.

    Edit: article was updated to reflect the family’s ethnicity. CNN is still weird AF for that.

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      I mean, it mentions that the parents were from the West Bank.

      “Wadea’s mother and father had moved to the United States 12 and nine years ago, respectively, and their son was born here, Rehab added. They were from a village in the West Bank, he said.”

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        I read that article 3 times before I commented. They edited the article around 3am my time. I was asleep.

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          It’s all part of the oligarchies MSM apparatus, and their attempts to manufacture consent for Israel’s imminent actions in Gaza. The EXACT same thing happened after 9/11. It was painfully obvious then, too. Nothing’s changed — the majority of humanity are still asleep on their feet.

          They can’t drum up sympathy for Palestinian refugees at home, when at the same time they’re trying to neutralize empathy for Palestinian refugees in Gaza.

          Also why most articles highlight how ruthless and inhumane Hamas is for kill children, while continuously ignoring or downplaying Israel killing 10x as many Palestinian children.

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      You miss this in the article?

      The family is Palestinian and “came to America seeking what we all…

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    Everything about this is just so fucking horrible. The kid just celebrated a birthday, I’ve got toddlers around the same age, I can’t even imagine what kind of person could do that to another person, let alone a kid that young. The attacker is a 71 year old man, so basically he’s dying in prison now, probably deluded by some BS propaganda on Fox News or Newsmax or whatever the fuck.

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      All I want for Christmas is for those that own and profit off of right wing propaganda networks to get what they deserve.

      (Insert the most grotesque form of torture you can imagine here)

      That would be a nice start.

      Fuck crime, fuck immigration, fuck the national debt, the biggest problem facing America is the unfettered spread of completely untrue propaganda as “fact” by “legitimate” news sources that has seemingly 2 purposes: keep Republicans in power, and make conservatives hate/angry at their fellow citizens.

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    Speech is free, but should still have consequences. This country has been very openly hostile to people of all darker colors. I was so deluded growing up thinking of the melting pot. But all that are lies.

    • I was so deluded growing up thinking of the melting pot.

      Me too! I made it to my twenties thinking racism and bigotry were solved problems except a few corner cases. It gave me blinders that I don’t think I fully shook off until I was in my late forties.

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    Conservatives are terrorists. Let’s call a spade a spade.

    As an aside, there’s several stories of conservative Qanon parents killing their kids too. CPS should remove children from their parents if they are conservatives homeschooling and not vaccinating.