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   Wren Reilly (akareilly@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Nov-2023 20:46:25 JST Wren Reilly

   “But every military does it” is not a defense.

   Did you know that you can condemn war crimes *everywhere*?

   For this to be called “bothsidesism” is ridiculous. False balance is when equal weight is given to both sides of an argument, like Exxon executives vs. climate change scientists.

   We’re not talking about Israel vs. Hamas.

   The people asking for a ceasefire are presenting an argument against ALL MILITARY ACTION EVERYWHERE that kills kids vs. calling war crimes “collateral damage”.

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     Wren Reilly (akareilly@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Nov-2023 20:46:22 JST Wren Reilly

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     “But the enemy is worse” is a thoroughly debunked argument against the Geneva Conventions.

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     Wren Reilly (akareilly@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Nov-2023 20:46:23 JST Wren Reilly

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     A bunch of 19th century philosophy word salad doesn’t make “killing kids is good actually” an intellectual tour de force, you muppets.

     pettter repeated this.
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     Wren Reilly (akareilly@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Nov-2023 20:46:24 JST Wren Reilly

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     The “left” contains a number of people who stop their thinking at “Russia good, USA bad” and condescend to and harass people who owe allegiance to humans first, no matter where they are. It’s bullshit when applied to any government. A drone strike on civilians doesn’t become OK because the flag painted on the death machine is your “team”.

     Nationalist bullshit can’t get in the way of demanding strict adherence to international humanitarian law. Those laws are the bare minimum.