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[–] OldChicoAle@lemmy.world 31 points 13 hours ago (4 children)

I don't understand how an entire country can be full of so much hate. Did they forget the holocaust? Are they deniers? Do they not have empathy? Is it societal? What a stain on humanity.

[–] DaMummy@hilariouschaos.com 3 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

Its a stark reminder that when you treat people like shit, they become shit. And I've no idea what the world can do differently to not turn Palestinians into the same scum.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

❌ thoughts and prayers

❌ never forget

❌ be best

whelp, we tried everything. scum it is!

[–] Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 10 points 9 hours ago

Propaganda is a powerful drug

[–] lithiumground@lemmy.world 9 points 13 hours ago

I also could not understand

[–] vanitasvanitatum@lemmy.world 4 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

This is how humans really are, when no consequences we turn into animals

[–] applebusch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 7 hours ago

I refuse to believe that. humans are some of the most social, compassionate, and empathetic animals to ever exist. this is tribalism taken to its extreme, promoted by propaganda and an insular culture. theres a reason these far right groups seek to dehumanize their "enemies", and it's because if people they see them as human they wont do shit like this. israel conditions its people to see others this way, intentionally. it isn't human nature left to its own devices at all.

[–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

That's awful but at this point does anyone really doubt that this is something the IDF would do? I assume they're posting this kind of video themselves and want people to see it, does something so disrespectful to the victims really need to be spread around further?

[–] altkey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 14 hours ago (3 children)

It's on israeli citizens to distance themselves from these feral creatures to avoid blanket hatred, that, on their behalf, would unevitably hurt jewish people worldwide. A healthy israeli would be ashamed of their guys doing that, and bombings, and land capture, and whatever else. But there are a lot of people even on Fediverse who can whatabout it out and go with their day.

[–] sen@lemmy.zip 12 points 9 hours ago

Until I meet a healthy Israeli I'm gonna default to not being offended by statements like "Israel should be wiped off the face of the earth for their crimes."

I'm not an anti-Semite, but I sure as fucking shit am anti-israel now.

[–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 1 points 6 hours ago
[–] lithiumground@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago
[–] tresspass@lemmy.world 18 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Imagine peeing on any corpse. I dont think I could pee at all if a corpse was even in the vaccinity.

[–] Horsey@lemmy.world 19 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (2 children)

Trump after he’s Ghaddafi’d? Sure. And that’s coming from someone who thinks public toilets are stressful.

[–] stretch2m@infosec.pub 3 points 10 hours ago

They could charge admission and clear up this fucking national debt.

[–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 8 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Look at Thatcher's grave, UK's first public gender neutral toilet

[–] Horsey@lemmy.world 4 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

That and Jean Marie Le Pen

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

UK's first public gender neutral toilet

That and Jean Marie Le Pen

Would have been really funny if they had buried an ultranationalist French bigot in the UK 😄

[–] Horsey@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I think it’s extremely telling that they buried him somewhere in the middle of nowhere and are not publicizing where it is.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 hours ago

Yeah, that grave would have been a popular urinal/dance floor combo otherwise 😁

[–] Wataba@sh.itjust.works 24 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Remind me again why it's wrong to call Israelis violent pigs?

[–] toomanypancakes@piefed.world 17 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Pigs are actually cool. Israeli soldiers are violent, terrible humans.

[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 2 points 11 hours ago

Ew, humans can be so vile

[–] pennomi@lemmy.world 7 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Because some of them are civilians. You can’t choose where you are born.

Israeli soldiers don’t have an excuse though.

[–] mrdown@lemmy.world 0 points 5 hours ago

Most of the Israelis keep voting for pro genocide politicians

[–] krashmo@lemmy.world 5 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Israel does have compulsory military service though.

[–] crimson_iris@piefed.social 6 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

You can still choose not to serve. There are probably consequences that follow choosing not to, of course. But the choice exists. There's no excuse. Same as the russians in the Ukraine War, or the American draftees during the Vietnam War.

Is it fair to be born into a certain nationality and be forced to deal with this choice? No. But the choice exists not to comply and become part of the problem.

[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 0 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Go ahead and serve, just do it in the most incompetent way possible. Make them scared to give you a weapon or authority because you (intentionally) fuck everything up in training

[–] mrdown@lemmy.world -2 points 5 hours ago

If you enter Gaza you are an invader and palestinians will shoot at you.

[–] betheydocrime@lemmy.world 33 points 19 hours ago

While this will almost certainly go unpunished, the IOF sentenced another two of its invaders to 30 days of military detention for being filmed while sledgehammering a statue of Jesus. This is because the IOF knows Christian Zionists care more about a plaster idol than they do about living, breathing Palestinians.

[–] tomiant@piefed.social 7 points 14 hours ago

That is hatred and dehumanization and ideological fanaticism a little like, well, you know who.

[–] Coupable@lemmy.world 6 points 14 hours ago
[–] Makhno@lemmy.world 9 points 18 hours ago

Nuke israel. Destroy the zionists.

[–] wrinkle2409@lemmy.cafe 7 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

Disgusting vermin. How can someone be so cruel