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   A.R. Moxon, Verified Duck ? (juliusgoat@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 30-Apr-2024 21:19:07 JST A.R. Moxon, Verified Duck ?

   Isn't it interesting that every killing by every cop is just a single bad apple that should never be thought to spoil the bunch, while every protest by and on behalf of marginalized people must be flawlessly perfect, or all participants deserve the brutality the police exist to deliver to them?

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     Jack O' Lantern (jacklaridian@social.horrorhub.club)'s status on Wednesday, 01-May-2024 00:52:58 JST Jack O' Lantern

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     • Sally Strange
     • Blueberry

     @SallyStrange @starsandinfinity @JuliusGoat
     All that said... why don't Catholics condemn the pedophiles in their ranks? 🤔

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     Sally Strange (sallystrange@eldritch.cafe)'s status on Wednesday, 01-May-2024 00:53:00 JST Sally Strange

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     • Blueberry

     @starsandinfinity well that's too bad, because "Muslims should condemn Al Qaeda" was some Islamophobic bullshit that arose in the wake of 9/11 and had fuckall to do with Al Qaeda and everything to with making all Muslims everywhere seem complicit with Islamic terrorists, thereby justifying harassment and violence against anyone who wore a turban or a hijab. You really missed that? Are you a very young person or something?

     Anyway, the "protesters should condemn Hamas" is serving the exact same function.

     @JuliusGoat

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     Blueberry (starsandinfinity@retro.pizza)'s status on Wednesday, 01-May-2024 00:53:01 JST Blueberry

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     • Sally Strange

     @SallyStrange @JuliusGoat
     I don't see a problem with either. I also don't see a problem with moderate Christians being expected to speak out against Christian fundamentalists, for that matter.

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     Sally Strange (sallystrange@eldritch.cafe)'s status on Wednesday, 01-May-2024 00:53:02 JST Sally Strange

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     • Blueberry

     @starsandinfinity @JuliusGoat "Why don't protesters condemn Hamas" is the new "why don't Muslims condemn Al Qaeda"

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     A.R. Moxon, Verified Duck ? (juliusgoat@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 01-May-2024 00:53:04 JST A.R. Moxon, Verified Duck ?

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     • Blueberry

     @starsandinfinity I think you’ll find that mostly they just want the killing to stop.

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     Blueberry (starsandinfinity@retro.pizza)'s status on Wednesday, 01-May-2024 00:53:04 JST Blueberry

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     @JuliusGoat Cool. So why are there so many cases of Jewish people being harassed? Why can't they protest without chanting slogans that imply that destruction of Israel? And why is the responsibility of Hamas never mentioned? Why isn't there any international and vocal pressure on Hamas to release the hostages?

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     Blueberry (starsandinfinity@retro.pizza)'s status on Wednesday, 01-May-2024 00:53:05 JST Blueberry

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     @JuliusGoat If it's just a few bad apples, why was it necessary to cover a Holocaust memorial in London? If the majority of the protesters opposes antisemitism, why don't they take action against antisemitic aggression at the protests? Because it's not just a few bad apples. "From the river to the see" and "globalize the Intifada" chants have been common at these protests from day one.