

Thanks for the long comment. It’s clear you’re engaging in good faith. I am not going to litigate colonialism, national sovereignty, and postcolonial thought with you here however. I apologize if this is disappointing to you, and again, thanks for engaging in good faith.
You’re not “just disagreeing.” You’re collapsing millions of Palestinians into a caricature and then acting like that’s analysis. That’s prejudice, plain and simple.
You bring up Hamas as if it reveals the Palestinian soul. History cuts both ways: in the 1940s, Zionist militias like Irgun and Lehi planted bombs in markets, assassinated diplomats, and massacred civilians. They had widespread support among Jewish settlers who believed violence was the only path. By your logic, that would make Jews “really” terrorists. It’s absurd. Armed groups rise and fall under conditions of occupation and war; they don’t define whole peoples.
As for human rights and respect for diversity: there are Palestinian lawyers, feminists, queer activists, union organizers, and journalists who fight for those values every single day, often against impossible odds. Pretending they don’t exist is convenient for your narrative, but it’s false.
And that swipe about “cheering for our team”? That’s bad faith. Pointing out racism isn’t “picking a side.” It’s refusing to normalize slander. You can critique governments all day long, but the moment you essentialize millions of human beings into what they “really are,” you’ve crossed into hate speech.