Sectors of the political Left around the world have practically lauded the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel — finally barely bothering to hide their good ol' fashioned hatred of the Jews, rather than hiding behind anti-Zionist rhetoric. Something evil has been re-released.
  • kescusay@lemmy.world
    132·
    1 year ago

    Lol. No, in most of the left’s case, it’s neither. Allow me to introduce you to a brand-new word: Nuance

    You see, people on the left are capable of recognizing multiple things about the events in the Middle East:

    • Israel has a conservative, reactionary government right now.
    • That government has a history of oppressing Palestinians.
    • That is bad.
    • That also has nothing to do with them being Jewish.
    • Gaza’s de facto leadership is a terrorist organization called Hamas.
    • Hamas intentionally targeted innocent civilian Israelis for slaughter.
    • That is bad.
    • That also has nothing to do with them being Muslim.
    • Israel’s government is retaliating by essentially leveling Gaza and causing a humanitarian catastrophe.
    • That is bad.
    • Hamas is responding by using hospitals as bases of operation and taking hostages to use as human shields.
    • That is bad.
    • The whole thing is a complicated clusterfuck, with civilians on both sides suffering the worst of it.

    Is all of that clear?