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It's more efficient if they'd post the names and addresses. Cut out the middleman and get those letters of sincere appreciation where they're needed.
I'm a veteran suffering from PTSD. It's horrible, I wouldn't wish anyone to have it.
The IDF however, are genocidal fascists and the world would be a better place if they did end their own life. So write them a card saying "you're a horrible person and no one will ever love you, just do it already"
PTSD from commiting crimes against humanity isn't a valid PTSD, that should be at best be considered guilty and they should reckon with that for the rest of their lives.
"I gunned down civilians, including banies and children, I can't sleep without hearing their screams", that is the closest thing to justice they'll ever get. maybe they should have access to therapy once they are locked for the rest of their lives.
PTSD is horrible, and the people with PTSD who didn't engage in a genocide should get better treatment for it
Why do we focus so much on the people doing the worst shit? There's so many innocent people with PTSD that are treated like dirt by their country's respective systems
I'm giving my sympathy to the families of dead children of Gaza. None left for those who did the killin.
One of the worst things about stuff like this is that it's essentially accurate. There's a long and well-documented history of veterans suffering crippling trauma from slaughtering people.
Obviously, the people being tortured and killed are, by far, the most victimized in this scenario. Still, the people being raised on propaganda and compelled by law to murder peaceful people are also being used and harmed.
I understand that this propaganda piece isn't mostly about that. It's about using suffering to exploit people's sense of empathy into promoting an otherwise unconscionable geopolitical agenda.
This isn't exclusive to Israel either. It's a long-standing tradition of organized violence that's at least thousands of years old. I don't know what else to say about this phenomenon except that most of us probably agree that it needs to stop, and that whatever group is doing the most killing is most in the wrong. I regret that I don't have a good solution. Historically, anything less than violent rebellion doesn't work. Sometimes even that fails.
Fair and realistic. At which point can a person be blamed and disregarded for making the conscious decision of killing innocents though?
Morally, no people? Realistically, I suppose it depends on how much propaganda and indoctrination they were exposed to allowing some shift of blame to the state. However, after killing one innocent person deliberately because "orders", no amount of environmental cause is enough to remove all of the blame. They consciously chose to obey that order instead of disobeying.
Have you heard of the Milgram experiment? It takes an incredible amount of strength, that most people don't have, to disobey orders from authority, even if you think the orders are immoral.
That's not the point. Somebody can be perpetrator and victim at the same time. And justice would mean they get the proper treatment for both. Not a calculation and only the difference left after the subtraction.
There is no such thing as an IDF member with enough humanity to warrant (caring about their) suffering or trauma; they are pieces of shit genocidal monsters. Even if you think they are compelled by law, the evidence will show that those “in” are for some reason unwilling to break that “law.” Which means they are complicit in the genocide.
Ignoring the fact that israel is not a real nation state anyway.
The mightiest tool of genociders is dehumanisation. It’s the fertilizer on which hate can thrive. As long as you think someone is a monster, it’s easier to justify atrocities against them.
are you saying you are worried about atrocities against idf soldiers?
That is just too on the nose, didn't they know that Frankie Boyle quote?
“Not only will ~~America~~ IDF go to your country and kill all your people. But they’ll come back 20 years later and make a movie about how killing your people made their soldiers feel sad.” — Frankie Boyle
I have PTSD from an abusive ex which encouraged my suicide. it's rough, had flashbacks a couple months ago and it was a nightmare.
they don't get to call what they have "PTSD", they are the criminals who destroyed so many lives and are likely still proud of that.
Hey I'm really sorry that happened to you. I'm glad you're here, and your story helped me. Love you Albert. Please stick around. It's about to get good 💕 I'll be thinking of you for a long time. ❤️
So they are implying that if I dont donate they kill themselves, got it. Anyway...
Can I donate cyanide pills? Also, where can I get cyanide pills? Asking for the IDF.
can I donate a negative value?
Not participating in genocide also helps.
I tried but the woke post office said that sending them a lump of wet shit wasn't allowed and I'm not welcome there anymore and if I try again they'll call the police.
Thats ok. Give the wet shit to the police. They've earned it!
"Dear scum,
Hope you don't treat me like a Palestinian kid.
Love love xoxo"
I think its very telling that it is a prominent issue in their military, not just because of what they are responsible for - if the problem is so bad that they need random people to send them postcards, how are they treating them? Are they even doing the bare minimum?
Controversial, but I think that this image belongs in Lemmy shitpost for being trashy for global society.
I deleted it after I posted it there and moved it here because it didn’t get any traction so I was afraid that it was going to make everyone mad. I posted something political there once and got hit with a bunch of downvotes
That's a valid argument. It is hard to master the preferences of such comunity.
Give it enough time, maybe their PTSD will take care of their problems for them.