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No fighting back said the teacher
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Also the analogy doesn't make sense. AOC is not saying "hey mass shooter have a bulletproof vest." she's saying "hey officer, why don't you take away that mass shooter's gun instead of their bulletproof vest?"
You're right, but I believe what the commenter meant was "Perfect is the enemy of Good".
Commenter is a famous right-wing troll, not sure it was ever in good faith really
I thought they were referring to the Lemmy poster's meaning by the context of the commentor?
Thanks :))))
Yeah personally I don't think Israel should have access to any more American Technology including missiles regardless of their use since they can be used offensively and they're currently committing a genocide.
Until the Palestinians are free I think it's pretty apt to just reject all forms of aid to Israel.
Also there's quite a few people here defending "Zionism" which is disappointing to see.
Zionism has been described by several scholars as a form of settler colonialism in relation to the region of Palestine and the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.
Zionism's founders and early leaders were aware and unapologetic about their status as colonizers. Many early leading Zionists such as Theodor Herzl, Max Nordau, and Ze'ev Jabotinsky described Zionism as colonization.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zionism_as_settler_colonialism
It's so astounding that the US sends aid to Israel to make sure their population has free healthcare/education, given what it looks like inside the US
We sent them $17.9 billion since Oct 2023.
That money could easily pay for United States Social Services multiple times
Wearing armor grants you the privilege to start more fights. Israel's incentives for diplomacy are minimal and they exert their will unto others due to a lack of consequences.
I'm about to be shit on as a Zionist for defending the death of innocent children, but here goes:
Isreal is just as full of innocent children. They don't deserve to die for the genocide their parents are being tricked into ignoring.
The armor is for those children. Not their parents. AOC is literally saying that defending the lives of innocents matter more than attacking genociders. When they are mixed together, you can't target one without the other.
So yeah, the Iron Dome protects genociders, but it also protects their kids and other innocent people. It actually protects civilians and their children far more than it protects the politicians who don't even live there.
I get your point, but my point was about Israel's privilege to act without consequences. If their children were put at risk by their genocidal actions, they might be incentivized to, I dunno, not be genocidal psychopaths.
Imagine its the USA commiting genocide and bombing Mexico or something, and you do not support the actions of your country but your family is only alive because of the iron dome protecting you from the bombs that are just flying over your heads between these two countries.
Your family, which neither country cares about, is who AOC and other people like us are thinking of.
We are not in favor of either country-- we are on the side of humanity.
They are able to be belligerent and put their population at little risk because of the funding the US provides. It goes both ways. The narrative is so baked into our politics that it's incredibly difficult to divorce from the idea of providing non offensive aide as well.
The Knesset doesn't magically have broad support for continuing the genocide out of thin air. The US is accountable for all the terror we have wrought too, especially if our "accountable" politicians can vote for things like this and try to spin justification for it.
Imagine you're in Mexico during that situation and watching people who support the US genocide feign neutrality and then claim they're on the side of humanity.
I have been in that situation, since one of the most powerful cartels in the nation burnt down my home resulting in the death of my older sister.
The problem with such conflicts is that there's no clear simple solution because the perpetrators (in my case and Gaza) feed off immense amounts of American weapons and money, both political, corporate, and dark.
It takes a lot of imperfect efforts to starve the beast, and MTG is not gonna offer any such opportunities.
I understand what you're saying, and I agree with the intent, but I don't agree with it. If the people of Israel have to face consequences for their actions, they might take a stand and force their government to stop. They aren't innocent until they're doing what they can to force a cessation of the violence. As long as they feel safe they won't feel the pressure to stand up. I don't like it when people die, but I also recognize that sometimes it can save lives in the long-term.
A 6 month old baby who has no control over being born in Israel literally can't do anything to help the cessation of violence. The elderly, disabled, ill, or abused, literally can't do anything to help the cessation of violence.
There are a lot of people that have no ways or means to do anything to stop what Israel is doing. They are just stuck there.
So I don't think their deaths should be viewed as a necessity to stop this conflict just because Israel is hiding behind them.
A 6 month old baby who has no control over being born in Israel literally can’t do anything to help the cessation of violence.
A 6 month old baby in Gaza is very likely to die of starvation or in a bombing. I don't see you giving a shit.
I give just as much of a shit. Being on the side of humanity is not hard to understand. Innocent lives should be protected. Period. They literally have no control over their nationality, and it's childish to believe they do.
Why isnt there an iron dome on the Palestinian side if she really thinks the lives of the innocent are so damn precious? It's great they want to protect the children of the oppressors, but not the ones being attacked unprovoked? What's stopping them from stepping up for the actual casualties?
Wow, so much humanity.
Fucking hypocrites always trying to do a mental gymnastic to justify their crimes against humanity.
But whatever makes you sleep better at night.
besides that.
If we don't help them finances the iron dome, they'll have to pay for it themselves, taking away of their genocidal project. although they will probably cut other services like free education or free healthcare. genociders dont deserve nice things.
Yup, they'll screw their population out of services before they give up their colonial conquests.
Fuck Caitlin Johnstone. Up with AOC.
Something I started doing recently is anytime I see some moronic maga take on Tik tok or wherever, I’ll spam “Where are the Epstein files?” To every response. Makes me feel good that they can come up with a response to it.
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