I thought…I thought they were the good guys we were cheering for? @Linkerbaan@lemmy.world here you at???
Man I got downvoted to oblivion and banned from some instance for calling them terrorists just a month or so ago.
Someone claimed that “at least someone has the guts to stand up to violence” or something regarding the Israel-Gaza conflict. I said no… The Houthis are terrorists, and so is Hamas, but what Israel is doing in Gaza is also horrible.
I said the real victims are the innocent Gazan people who are trapped in a fight between two extremist sides, Israel and Hamas. Neither side has the best interest of Gaza in their minds.
I got downvoted and banned for saying that lol.
Edit: I didn’t use the word “terrorist” for Israel only because they have an official, recognized government that represents millions of people. The Houthis and Hamas groups aren’t recognized as a government that represents people. Hamas has exploited Gaza for decades, let’s not pretend as if they’re some good natured freedom fighters. If we can call the government of Israel evil for committing this genocide, then we should also hold Hamas and Houthis accountable for their evil. It’s not a black and white situation.
Funny how Israelis don’t get the same terrorist designation. Two are terrorists and the other is “horrible”.
At this point the Israeli government are terrorists because of the genocide they are causing. But I’m now reluctant to give them that classification only because they are a body of government that represents a country. The Houthis and Hamas groups don’t really represent any country. They certainly don’t represent Gaza because they’re also exploiting them and decided to kill many innocent people, the event that started this whole war.
Unless you’re saying that Hamas is the representative of the Gazan people and so that makes all of Gaza responsible for the attack on Israel?
The two groups in power in this situation are both horrible and currently Israel is doing unforgivable acts of eradication that is only going to further the hate they get from everyone that they’re trying to destroy. But let’s not think of this as “good guys vs bad guys”. There’s no good side, both are horrible, and innocent people are paying the price.
Both of those groups do represent a sizeable portion of their respective people but both people remain fractured without getting into the distinction between a people and an officially recognized country.
Unless you’re saying that Hamas is the representative of the Gazan people and so that makes all of Gaza responsible for the attack on Israel?
Hamas is the current representation of the Palestinian armed resistance. Palestinian resistance was not always violent and was not always led by religious fundamentalists. Take your above sentence to its logical conclusion, let’s say that they are fully representative then what? Are all the Gazan civilians also terrorist supporters/sympathizers too?
My point is that designating movements that seek to overthrow regimes or fight against occupation purely as terrorists ignores actual motivations of these groups and the people they represent politically (regardless of how much public support they actually have).
You can choose to believe that Palestinians and Yemenis take up arms to spread fear and kill for the sake of their religious beliefs/hatred or because of their inherent nature or some other reasoning, or you can offer the same intellectual charity that you offer Israeli people who support current and previous regimes and acts of unimaginable brutality.
Both those groups hold horribly regressive ideologies but the reason that they exist cannot be reduced to just terrorism no matter how convenient it may be ideologically. Attacks on civilians on Oct 7 are not justified but resistance groups have a right to resist occupation with force under international law. The Houthis are the de facto authority in Yemen and despite not having international recognition are taking actions that could be justified under the obligation of signatories to the genocide convention.
You might disagree with either of these framings and rightly so as matters of international law are complex but you have to at the very least offer the same charitability in trying to analyze the underlying motivations even if the groups representing these actions are reprehensible.
Since we are talking about nuance, let me add a bit more. Hamas is different from the bulk of the Palestinian population, and Netanyahu’s right wing coalition is different from the bulk of the Israeli people. Let’s not forget that the Oct 7 massacre happened to a bunch of innocent people attending a music festival. Netanyahu is not popular in Israel. Therefore, let’s not say simply that Israel is bad. I see way too many upvoted “fuck Israel” comments on Lemmy. Just as it is appropriate to consider Hamas separately from the rest of the Palestinians, so it is with Netanyahu and the rest of Israelis.
This is accurate, I agree. I should’ve worded my statement better.
Heh, rookie mistake. Expressing nuance beyond this ‘good’ that ‘bad’ on Lemmy is unforgivable. You should know that there are only binary ways of looking at the world. /s
So far left they ended up back on the right
Have seen quite a bit of this on here, it’s pretty wild.
It was probably Lemmy.ml since LW is already defederated from the other tankie instances
Look. There are no good guys, period (includes US, other Western countries). There are human rights, and war crimes, and the idea is to preserve the one thing and prevent the other thing.
Well said.
Something something it’s worse in America
How did he respond? I blocked that dipshit months ago, kind of curious how stupid his answer is but I do not dare to unblock him…
In the most predictable manner possible. An AI couldnt deliver a more confident response. I’m giving up on any form of discussion on Lemmy at this point. I can’t tell if I’m talking to children or just misguided individuals that can’t detach themselves from the team they picked.
😂 you got to love part of the lemmy community or you block them.
I prefer the last, no reason to discuss and waste time with people who have a hard one for terrorism.
Oh nice the Zionists are here to pinkwash Genocide again by reposting the same article we’ve seen 99 times since the Houthi’s started resisting israel’s Nazi style Genocide.
Maybe the Houthi’s should mass murder 13.000 children with those people they’re flogging to death then you’re fine with it right?
The fact that a group flogging gays to death is somehow the party resisting Nazi Genocide should put you to shame even further. Consider telling your representatives that’s it’s pretty pathetic we’ve morally beneath those guys and we should really do something about it.
And there it is, ladies and gentlemen! We are not allowed to condemn both groups, because …well who knows why. Applause.
Never change, Linkerbaan. Stay true, always 😍
Why did you feel the need to make up words that were never said? The classic Zionist strawman.
You’re free to condemn the Houthi’s flogging 9 gay people. Doesn’t change the fact they are still morally superior to countries Genociding 30.000 people of which 13.000 children. Especially Nazi israel.
Go pinkwash your Genocide somehwere else.
You’re an idiot. All sides of this are terrible. The guy saying Israel’s Zionist govt is terrible isn’t a Zionist just because they can see the houthis are also terrible. Just stop posting if you have nothing productive to add.
Oh @Linkerbaan@lemmy.world , time and time again I’ve condemned both the IDF and the Houthis. There are no rightful actors in this fight and anyone who’s ever opened a book knows as much. Unfortunately, the people of Palestine and Israel will continue to suffer indefinitely thanks to people like you who think they are morally superior because they’ve latched to one side.
- Hamas will have you convinced they are fighting for liberation while their leaders sit on billions of dollars in lavish mansions in Qatar
- The IDF claim to be fighting back while settlers continue to bulldoze and occupy lands.
- The Houthis claim they are fighting for their brethren by attacking civilian trade ships while ignoring every other atrocity happening around them because they are not popular enough to contend with.
The fact that you feel the need to label anyone that dares mention the atrocities committed by your “team” as Zionists is very telling. You are like a child that just woke up yesterday and discovered the middle eastern crisis.
Conservatism is a fucking global scourge. It brings only misery and death. There is no such thing as a “good conservative” anywhere on planet earth. No such thing.
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