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this post was submitted on 09 Sep 2024
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Yeah, that's a ridiculous bad-faith framing of the conflict. If you search through the old news megas there are lots of posts laying out the whole history of zionism going back to the 1880s.
Claiming that israel isn't at war with palestine bc they haven't declared war with PA is either terminal nerd pedantry or the most Westphalia brained person in history. The PA hasn't had legitimacy or much relevance in a long, long time. Hamas is the duly elected government of Gaza.
Yeah the immediate counterargument I thought of was just stating that Hamas is an elected government and has the right to defend itself against occupation as laid out by the UN charter, but I don't want to get myself expelled or get on the prof's bad side to a huge extent so wasn't sure how to approach.
No, no, spanking someone with the un charter of human rights like they're a naughty puppy who piddled on the rug and needs a gentle correction is always the correct answer. You might get in trouble, but other people who know this shit is wrong are often emboldened by one firebrand who stands up and starts screaming the truth.
University is expensive as hell, don't risk you diploma over it, but at the same time; fuck that guy. If you've got back-channels you can use to communicate with your classmates under his nose try subverting his lessons by showing with citations how he's endorsing crimes against humanity and gross violations of international law.
I'll see about back channels.
I think in general I have a problem where I have only 2 modes: talking to well meaning libs mode, where I hide my power level but use the Socratic method to get people to ask the right questions and radicalize themselves, and talking to NATO apologists mode where I just treat them like they're actively flying the AC 130 that struck Kunduz Hospital (which, considering how many future MIC engineers I talk with, is not even a disproportionate characterization). I don't think either is really appropriate if I'm calling him out by myself, but maybe if I have a little support it can be a little better.