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   Nowhere Girl (gwynnion@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Nov-2023 06:19:01 JST Nowhere Girl

   Fascism makes swift inroads when people start accepting the dehumanization and destruction of entire groups of people, and fascism's favorite response to those who invoke moral and humanitarian concerns about it is to label them "traitors" who are "supporting the enemy."

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     Nowhere Girl (gwynnion@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Nov-2023 06:28:20 JST Nowhere Girl

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     By the time you're rationalizing that the enemy is so evil that 100 dead civilians is worth it to "take out" one terrorist, maybe, and that you can't stop bombing or allow humanitarian aid because the enemy will take advantage of it, you're completely past the slippery slope. And yet, these people are treated as decent, rational actors on the world stage.

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     Deirdre Saoirse Moen (deirdresm@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 02-Nov-2023 07:06:55 JST Deirdre Saoirse Moen

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     Adam Raz is a historian who works with primary source archives, which is an important context for what he has to say about Netanyahu's coalition.

     So this piece about how Netanyahu helped ensure Hamas had funding and power is worth reading. He wanted a two-state solution to fail (much as Hamas does), and the way to do that was to weaken the Palestinian Authority and strengthen Hamas.

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     TCat likes reality (tcatinreality@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 02-Nov-2023 07:06:57 JST TCat likes reality

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     @gwynnion
     We understand it is cruel and inhumane behavior when it comes from non-state actors, like Hamas (rightly so).

     But when wrapped in the office of government, then other governments bend over backward to rationalise the unacceptable.

     But leaders can be wrong, even criminal. The moral position is to support the right of all citizens to live in peace and self-determinarion. Similarly, any action that breaks international law should be condemned.
     #CeasefireNow

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