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   Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Friday, 22-Mar-2024 01:07:29 JST Aral Balkan

   Learned a new term today: Progressive except for Palestine

   “…is a phrase that refers to organizations or individuals who describe themselves politically as progressive, liberal, or left-wing but who do not express pro-Palestinian sentiment or do not comment on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. Pro-Palestinian advocates regard PEP as a type of political hypocrisy and an example of anti-Palestinianism…”

   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_except_Palestine

   #progressiveExceptForPalestine #progressiveExceptPalestine #PEP

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     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Friday, 22-Mar-2024 01:08:11 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Benjamin Balder Bach

     (Thanks to @benjaoming)

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     Bilal Barakat 🍉 (bifouba@kolektiva.social)'s status on Friday, 22-Mar-2024 01:11:26 JST Bilal Barakat 🍉

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     @aral Yep. There's even a book about the phenomenon: https://thenewpress.com/books/except-for-palestine

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     Bob Wyman (bobwyman@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 22-Mar-2024 01:46:27 JST Bob Wyman

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     @aral There is nothing "progressive" about either Hamas or the Palestinian National Authority. It is entirely rational and consistent for "progressives" to oppose Israel's actions in Gaza or Palestine while not also supporting the ruling parties of either.

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     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Friday, 22-Mar-2024 01:46:27 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Bob Wyman

     @bobwyman Who’s saying that anyone should support Hamas? It‘s not called Progessive except for Hamas, it’s called Progressive except for Palestine. Hamas is not the Palestinian people.