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[–] wheezy@lemmy.ml 0 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

How is what you're doing with "40k/20k protesters were killed" any different than the people that kept saying "Hamas throws gay people off of buildings" all throughout the Palestinian genocide.

I really want to know. You have the advantage of hindsight on the later one? Is that the only difference? Are you incapable of understanding something as "bull shit" until after the fact?

Or can you use your brain just a little bit to understand why I would call it "bull shit"?

After the crimes of Israel and the US reach the point of genocide did you keep saying: "Hamas actually does oppress gay people". Or did you correctly understand that even the mention of this was "bull shit".

"Iran really did kill some protesters"

Will you be repeating this as thousands more die and hundreds of thousands are displaced at the hand of the US/Israel? Or can you rightfully now call it out for what it is: "bull shit" that never had anything to do with the invasion.

Hamas is oppressive and violent to gay people. Iran uses state violence to suppress uprisings and in the process does not care if they kill innocent people.

These are true. But when they are repeated by the invading imperial force to justify their crimes THEY ARE BULL SHIT.

[–] mrbutterscotch@feddit.org 0 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Hamas is oppressive and violent to gay people. Iran uses state violence to suppress uprisings and in the process does not care if they kill innocent people.

These are true. ~~But when they are repeated by the invading imperial force to justify their crimes THEY ARE BULL SHIT~~. It doesn't justify the war crimes that the US perpetrates.

You know what, we came to a point at which we both kind of agree. How about we leave it at that. Have a good one.

[–] wheezy@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 hours ago

Let me know when you start repeating "Cuba is starving it's citizens" as the US starts that invasion next. Or whatever bull shit reason they use to for it that people like you will just repeat over and over.