I know it can come across as callous, but one is half a world away and out of sight and out of mind and the other one is right on your doorstep. Being somebody who does have to put up with these fucking Palestinian protestors who are as obnoxious as fuck and plant their flags everywhere while getting in everyone's way I do get pissed off.
Mind you, it does make you think, it could be an op the same way people reckon the environmentalist protestors are an op to try and make people suddenly turn against protestors in general. However to be an insufferable centrist, there's a big difference between being a protestor and being a vandal and looter and governments are certainly deliberately blurring the lines.
You also can't compare Israeli's bombing Palestine to the Palestinian protestors themselves, that's disingenuous. Yes one can call it 'selfish' but at the end of the day even if Israelis are bombing the shit out of civilians somewhere else the argument that they're not going around harassing people and starting fights in the streets over their third world shit is also a valid point.
I think you're whooshing youself a bit here. ADLOfVenice's reply was, as tradition, meant to downplay any Zionist censorship or malfeasance. That's why I gave him a somewhat cheeky (but also accurate) response.
Fair enough, to counter that though the problem is I've also seen people seriously make that point in the most NPC fashion possible. It's another example of how many people out there will not allow you to have anything close to a nuanced opinion that doesn't involve you supporting either side in the conflict.
I know it can come across as callous, but one is half a world away and out of sight and out of mind and the other one is right on your doorstep. Being somebody who does have to put up with these fucking Palestinian protestors who are as obnoxious as fuck and plant their flags everywhere while getting in everyone's way I do get pissed off.
Mind you, it does make you think, it could be an op the same way people reckon the environmentalist protestors are an op to try and make people suddenly turn against protestors in general. However to be an insufferable centrist, there's a big difference between being a protestor and being a vandal and looter and governments are certainly deliberately blurring the lines.
You also can't compare Israeli's bombing Palestine to the Palestinian protestors themselves, that's disingenuous. Yes one can call it 'selfish' but at the end of the day even if Israelis are bombing the shit out of civilians somewhere else the argument that they're not going around harassing people and starting fights in the streets over their third world shit is also a valid point.
I think you're whooshing youself a bit here. ADLOfVenice's reply was, as tradition, meant to downplay any Zionist censorship or malfeasance. That's why I gave him a somewhat cheeky (but also accurate) response.
Fair enough, to counter that though the problem is I've also seen people seriously make that point in the most NPC fashion possible. It's another example of how many people out there will not allow you to have anything close to a nuanced opinion that doesn't involve you supporting either side in the conflict.
Well yes but also no