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If you only criticize civilian casualties when Palestine resists, then your concern isn't civilian casualties. Your concern is Palestine resisting massacre. (lemy.lol)
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This meme is from 2004. History repeats itself.

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[-] Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Rules of the internet: you can safely discard everything that comes before the ", but"

[-] Anamana@feddit.de 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

If ignoring context helps you feed your bias, go for it.

[-] matcha_addict@lemy.lol 6 points 2 years ago

The soundness of your argument should not depend on your stance. It is a common tactic to state that you are "pro-X" but criticize X, because people are more likely to sympathize with your criticism that way. The commenter you replied to is simply reminding us of this.

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