▲ 587 ▼ Stance on conflict (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by trek32@lemmy.world to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world 225 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] SSJMarx@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) says who? Is the only "non zionist genocide supporter" position that israel needs to cease existence tomorrow? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PugJesus@lemmy.world -2 points 2 years ago (1 child) According to tankies, the only "non-zionist genocide supporter" position is actually the ethnic cleansing of Israeli Jews. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com -3 points 2 years ago they engage in binary extremism, anything short of THIS particular outcome is unacceptable by any amount, and anything that isn't this is quite literally fascist nazi genocide of an entire group of people (who arguably might not even exist in significant capacity) granted i don't know much about the middle east, but i'd have to guess Palestinians are pretty similar to the average arab. But i could be completely wrong lol. permalink fedilink source parent [–] CeruleanRuin@lemmings.world -5 points 2 years ago* Even if that were true, there's a value proposition to work through here. Like most sane people, I typically prioritize my own children and the children of people I know over people in a country on the other side of the planet I will never interact with and whose fate will never affect in the slightest. That's just basic triage. This is not to say I don't care about them, but looking at it from a purely pragmatic stance, it's not an issue that's going to change my position am inch on who to vote for in this election. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) says who? Is the only "non zionist genocide supporter" position that israel needs to cease existence tomorrow? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PugJesus@lemmy.world -2 points 2 years ago (1 child) According to tankies, the only "non-zionist genocide supporter" position is actually the ethnic cleansing of Israeli Jews. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com -3 points 2 years ago they engage in binary extremism, anything short of THIS particular outcome is unacceptable by any amount, and anything that isn't this is quite literally fascist nazi genocide of an entire group of people (who arguably might not even exist in significant capacity) granted i don't know much about the middle east, but i'd have to guess Palestinians are pretty similar to the average arab. But i could be completely wrong lol. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world -2 points 2 years ago (1 child) According to tankies, the only "non-zionist genocide supporter" position is actually the ethnic cleansing of Israeli Jews. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com -3 points 2 years ago they engage in binary extremism, anything short of THIS particular outcome is unacceptable by any amount, and anything that isn't this is quite literally fascist nazi genocide of an entire group of people (who arguably might not even exist in significant capacity) granted i don't know much about the middle east, but i'd have to guess Palestinians are pretty similar to the average arab. But i could be completely wrong lol. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com -3 points 2 years ago they engage in binary extremism, anything short of THIS particular outcome is unacceptable by any amount, and anything that isn't this is quite literally fascist nazi genocide of an entire group of people (who arguably might not even exist in significant capacity) granted i don't know much about the middle east, but i'd have to guess Palestinians are pretty similar to the average arab. But i could be completely wrong lol. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CeruleanRuin@lemmings.world -5 points 2 years ago* Even if that were true, there's a value proposition to work through here. Like most sane people, I typically prioritize my own children and the children of people I know over people in a country on the other side of the planet I will never interact with and whose fate will never affect in the slightest. That's just basic triage. This is not to say I don't care about them, but looking at it from a purely pragmatic stance, it's not an issue that's going to change my position am inch on who to vote for in this election. permalink fedilink source parent
