Maybe public opinion will change now that there's white victims of the genocide too
Who do you guys talk to? Nobody I know is supporting Israel in this. Most comments I read don't support them either.
I live in the southern USA, evangelical folks in my area are fully onboard with Israel support. Facebook links constantly, sign boards in front of churches, those annoying free newspapers they publish and leave in the driveway.
It's all anti Muslim and some really creepy genocide talk.
Well, in the defence of some evangelical communities, they're just out there hoping the rapture will happen in their lifetimes and doing what they can to speed up the process.
Some of them don't necessarily hate Muslims, they just want the world to end ASAP and believe supporting a militant Israel will speed up the process. And who knows, maybe they're right.
How is this defendable in any way?
I guess you could argue that being batshit crazy is moderately better than just being evil.
Admittedly it's not much of a defence.
It’s just my opinion, but I think batshit crazy is worse. At least evil people have convictions. You may not like their reasons, but it’s consistent. Crazy people are unpredictable and act erratically. They legit scare me.
"You have this group of people looking around for signs of the end time, and in the 20th century when Israel was founded, this was seen as a major sign. This was electrifying for that community because the gathering of all the Jews in exile to the Holy Land is a prerequisite for all of these events unfolding"
Wtf? Even lemmy was crazy to read just a few days ago. Deranged comments everywhere in support of Israel. Plus a lot of governments support them directly as well.
Except most governments. They also fund humanitarian aid for the Palestinians on the down-low but publically they're supporting Israel. Just look at the US.
Bruh where have you been, I've seen the most sanguine comments being catapulted to the top of feeds. Although not as bad in Lemmy as i saw it on reddit.
Time.com, one of the most-read news sites on the planet, is supporting Israel unabashedly. "Nobody I know" isn't the same as "nobody".
Lemmy I've found to be better at condemning both Hamas and the IDF, bit try Reddit, FB, or X. Or people in real life.
Well. That was eye opening.
I mean there are pretty... interesting protests all over the world.
Shout out to France and Germany, who casually banned peaceful demonstrations as if that's a normal thing to do in a democracy.
I thought France only allowed violent protests to begin with. :)
Yeah and you have to schedule it.
They banned groups giving out candy as a celebration of the Hamas attacks and kidnappings of Israelis and groups that openly support terrorist organisations like Hamas. Are you opposed to that? How do you think Germany should react to a group that's openly anti-semitic?
Maybe public opinion will change now that there's white victims of the genocide too
Who do you guys talk to? Nobody I know is supporting Israel in this. Most comments I read don't support them either.
I live in the southern USA, evangelical folks in my area are fully onboard with Israel support. Facebook links constantly, sign boards in front of churches, those annoying free newspapers they publish and leave in the driveway.
It's all anti Muslim and some really creepy genocide talk.
Well, in the defence of some evangelical communities, they're just out there hoping the rapture will happen in their lifetimes and doing what they can to speed up the process.
Some of them don't necessarily hate Muslims, they just want the world to end ASAP and believe supporting a militant Israel will speed up the process. And who knows, maybe they're right.
How is this defendable in any way?
I guess you could argue that being batshit crazy is moderately better than just being evil.
Admittedly it's not much of a defence.
It’s just my opinion, but I think batshit crazy is worse. At least evil people have convictions. You may not like their reasons, but it’s consistent. Crazy people are unpredictable and act erratically. They legit scare me.
So Putin = crazy
Netanyahu = Evil ?
They’re both evil
If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck...
https://www.vox.com/2017/12/12/16761540/jerusalem-israel-embassy-palestinians-trump-evangelicals
"You have this group of people looking around for signs of the end time, and in the 20th century when Israel was founded, this was seen as a major sign. This was electrifying for that community because the gathering of all the Jews in exile to the Holy Land is a prerequisite for all of these events unfolding"
Wtf? Even lemmy was crazy to read just a few days ago. Deranged comments everywhere in support of Israel. Plus a lot of governments support them directly as well.
On other platforms. The fediverse is lucky to be relatively unimportant, so the JIDF, or whatever the successor if it is called, is probably not active here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish\_Internet\_Defense\_Force
They're on full force on Reddit.
Except most governments. They also fund humanitarian aid for the Palestinians on the down-low but publically they're supporting Israel. Just look at the US.
Bruh where have you been, I've seen the most sanguine comments being catapulted to the top of feeds. Although not as bad in Lemmy as i saw it on reddit.
Time.com, one of the most-read news sites on the planet, is supporting Israel unabashedly. "Nobody I know" isn't the same as "nobody".
Lemmy I've found to be better at condemning both Hamas and the IDF, bit try Reddit, FB, or X. Or people in real life.
Well. That was eye opening.
I mean there are pretty... interesting protests all over the world.
Shout out to France and Germany, who casually banned peaceful demonstrations as if that's a normal thing to do in a democracy.
I thought France only allowed violent protests to begin with. :)
Yeah and you have to schedule it.
They banned groups giving out candy as a celebration of the Hamas attacks and kidnappings of Israelis and groups that openly support terrorist organisations like Hamas. Are you opposed to that? How do you think Germany should react to a group that's openly anti-semitic?