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   Quinn Norton (quinn@social.circl.lu)'s status on Monday, 23-Oct-2023 08:52:27 JST Quinn Norton

   When we talk about Palestinian responsibility in Hamas attacks, it's important to note that not only are half too young to vote, but no one has had the chance to vote in 16 years.

   The vast majority Gazans have never been enfranchised in their lives. They've never known a government that represented them.

   It's like blaming Afghan women for the Taliban, and then bombing them to make the Taliban do something different. We're just piling more pain on oppressed people without helping anything.

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     BjarniBjarniBjarni 🙊 🇮🇸 🍏 (herrabre@mastodon.xyz)'s status on Monday, 23-Oct-2023 11:44:16 JST BjarniBjarniBjarni 🙊 🇮🇸 🍏

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     @quinn You make excellent points. But even if Gazans were enfranchised, the "responsibility" argument is untenable.

     Are the people making it OK with Hamas holding Israeli civilians responsible for the government that oppresses, starves and bombs Palestine? I rather doubt it.

     As far as I can tell, in both cases "hold responsible" is a euphemism for murdering civilians.

     That knife cuts both ways and should be left in the drawer.

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