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slily | 1 year ago

I agree in principle, but I don't see many protesters demonstrate that nuance.

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petee|1 year ago

Personally I've never seen a "pro-Hamas" sign, I have no doubt someone somewhere has one. Ive seen plenty of "Free Palastine" signs be called anti-semitic though, despite showing support for the people versus a government.

ergocoder|1 year ago

> I have no doubt someone somewhere has one.

I've seen two.

The protesters at UW organized a protest for palestine on Oct 12th with the Hamas glider in its poster. Many people joined the protest.

5 days after the massacre!

You can see the poster here: https://komonews.com/news/local/israel-hamas-war-palestine-g...

The pro-palestine protest in San Francisco was chanting "From the river to the sea"

pyeri|1 year ago

That "River to Sea" phrase has a very sinister and evil meaning when you look up the original Arabic. Translations are always polished for mass appeal!

slily|1 year ago

I see Jews being harassed, synagogues vandalized, 4chan-tier anti-semitic conspiracy theories going around leftist circles, and more broadly I see social media armchair activists who may or may not be relevant but do affect public opinion parroting Hamas propaganda wholesale, and the protesters featured in this post's article exemplify exactly that mentality which is what I was initially describing. Most people are reasonable, but I'm not concerned with people who know the difference between a hot war and a genocide.

matsemann|1 year ago

Then you're blind. I've not seen a single person at these protests where I live supporting Hamas. The protests are all about stopping the murdering of innocent civilians. If you take that as a statement for Hamas, you're the one conflating these two things and the problem is entirely in your head.