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Something smells off about this whole thing.
I'm sure Isreal would love a Reichstag moment. Cops were out doing vandalism during the George Floyd protests and everyone was blaming anti-fascists and BLM for it.
There is no reason for a march for hostages on Pearl Street except to antagonize people. I've seen them out there before with Israeli flags trying to piss people off. Boulder is extremely liberal, too.
I think it's revealing when the organizers said their event is not a protest. A protest is a political demonstration where the attendees shows disapproval of an entity which has power. Zionists have the full backing of the US government. Zionists are happy about the actions of the US government. Zionists are happy about the ongoing genocide in Gaza. Protests demonstrate for oppressed people, a demonstration for the oppressor is not a protest at all.
By admitting that their political action is not a protest, the participants admit that they support the genocide in Gaza and they admit that they are not being oppressed. They're not protesting, they're gloating.
When they talk about hostages, we all know they're bullshitting because they have this shit-eating grin like they know what they're doing and they feel untouchable. Crybully behavior, some of the worst people on Earth.
Well, it looks like they got more than they bargained for.
Chuds always say "FAFO" until it happens to them
Palestinians rule
I'm choosing to read it as
BLACKS
BULE
I saw a video of the perp on reddit and he seems like a basket case. Just the right kind of unhinged the fbi could wind up and set lose like a top.
'tear up texas'
uhhh 'immolate up Israelis'?
A reichstag moment to do what? What they’re already doing?
Long-term prison sentences for any pro-Palestinian protesters in the US under the Patriot Act. They are expelling students and deporting people, but the longest they've been able to sentence anyone is three years for felony vandalism, with most being around 30~90 days for maximum sentences.
They would prefer if it was decades or life sentences, and especially if it was without parole. Even better for the zionists if they could arrest people for statements said outside of protests. They could equate anti-zionism as no different than threatening to blow up a federal building.
It really doesn't seem off at all. Seems like something that would totally happen, actually.
Not specifically hexbear, but just Lemmy in general always spins off conspiracy theories for every single thing that happens, it seems like.
False flag operations have been used consistently in modern history to sway public opinion. To discredit the possibility as implausible is arguably just as outlandish as claiming X did Y without any evidence; especially when there is a clear vested interest in swaying public opinion on the Israeli genocide of Palestinians. (Online suppression of Gaza discussions. Media whitewashing of Israel crimes etc..)
To clarify; I'm not saying this was a false flag... I'm not really close enough to the subject to definitively say one way or another. And I definitely agree that tempers regarding the subject are incredibly high; so there's the possibility that this was a crime of passion rather than a false flag.
I'm just pointing towards the fact that human history is a good barometer for this sort of stuff; and False flag operations aren't exactly unheard of. Given Israel hasn't exactly shown itself to be the most humane nation recently; why wouldn't they use a historically effective technique?
here's my reasoning for why there's no reason to assume this is a false flag: i sometimes also would like to hurt zionists
Human behavior user talking about crimes of passion.
I think this is my first username checks out on Lemmy. :).
I agree; it's the same reason it's hard to state whether the trump shooter was or wasn't a plant... Because whilst the outcome definitely benefitted him, you can sympathise with what would lead someone to those extremes. But it's exactly that sort of public opinion about a group that makes false flags all that more desirable to them in the first place; It's a lot easier to gain support when seen as a victim.
Still, any sane person realises that throwing a Molotov is not equal to routinely bombing children's hospitals... But sanity left this topic a long time ago.