But that was no reason to lay off. āEntire neighborhoods have been bombed to the ground with children missing under rubble,ā Hazami Barmada, the encampmentās organizer, told me. āWhy are those children forced to understand the brutal, barbaric realities of war, when his children should be sanitized from it?ā
Terrorizing children is fucked. So is killing them. And so is perpetuating that kind of sick genocidal violence as a government official while ignoring oneās own citizens.
This idea that protest has to be polite and contained is ā¦unhelpful. Those in power want protests that can be ignored.
All this awful shit being done by powerful people in the world all overā¦ and the rest of us are totally powerless to do anything. Iām not surprised to see protesters taking more extreme measures.
When trying to stop genocide, whatās a step too far?
Iām fairly certain that the step exists, but Iām fairly certain that the step is pretty far from here.
I think that way of thinking is why it is so difficult to deal with colonialism. We can commit atrocities, and as long at the people who committed them have died of old age, their descendants are free and clear. I donāt really know where ixstand on this. But I canāt not acknowledge that I have benefited from the misery of others. Whether it is slave wage labor, the crimes against indigenous peoples, patriarchy, or these proxy wars around the world. I think that pushing back against these injustices when seeing the harm it is causes makes obvious sense. But I think it also makes sense to do it selfishly. These people are making us culpable. Doesnāt matter if it was someone we voted for who made these decisions, or even if itās someone we didnāt vote for. These decisions are being made in our names and with our money. Idk man. Shitās complicated
Blinkenās 3-year-old and 4-year-old have absolutely no culpability when it comes to genocide.
Agreed.
Neither do the dead Palestinian kids.
Terrorizing children is fucked. So is killing them. And so is perpetuating that kind of sick genocidal violence as a government official while ignoring oneās own citizens.
This idea that protest has to be polite and contained is ā¦unhelpful. Those in power want protests that can be ignored.
All this awful shit being done by powerful people in the world all overā¦ and the rest of us are totally powerless to do anything. Iām not surprised to see protesters taking more extreme measures.
When trying to stop genocide, whatās a step too far?
Iām fairly certain that the step exists, but Iām fairly certain that the step is pretty far from here.
Attacking somebodyās toddlers is such a powerful move /SARCASM
I think that way of thinking is why it is so difficult to deal with colonialism. We can commit atrocities, and as long at the people who committed them have died of old age, their descendants are free and clear. I donāt really know where ixstand on this. But I canāt not acknowledge that I have benefited from the misery of others. Whether it is slave wage labor, the crimes against indigenous peoples, patriarchy, or these proxy wars around the world. I think that pushing back against these injustices when seeing the harm it is causes makes obvious sense. But I think it also makes sense to do it selfishly. These people are making us culpable. Doesnāt matter if it was someone we voted for who made these decisions, or even if itās someone we didnāt vote for. These decisions are being made in our names and with our money. Idk man. Shitās complicated