Israel/Hamas War Superthread

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(03-03-2024, 08:00 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: It is an ethnic settler state, an occupying force which drove the families of the "terrorist organization" from their homes, employing 
rape and massacre, then bottled them up inside a narrow strip of land, all illegally according to international law.

Pure Hamas terrorist propaganda.  

Should be easy to refute then.  Yet it appears you cannot.

Is Israel NOT an ethnic state, not founded by European settlers who immigrated to Palestine?
Did they not ethnically cleanse large portions of Palestine in '47 and '48 to change its demographic composition?
Did they NOT drive hundreds of thousands of Palestinians into Gaza and the West Bank? 

Have they not occupied those territories against international law since 1967?  (Israelis are
divided about this, so you can find the government at least has built up a legal defense, but most of
the rest of the world agrees--illegal occupation.)

So what grand hyperbole converted these ordinary facts taught in history and political science courses 
around the world--including Israel--into "Hamas terrorist propaganda"?  

(03-03-2024, 08:00 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: Your sympathy for terrorists is known, your repetition of their talking points should earn you the condemnation of everyone.  Of course, it won't, because you sheep all follow the same shepherd.

It is the choice to respond to rational argument with uniformed ad hominem that should "earn the condemnation of everyone." 

Those who examine many sides of the points in question are not caught flat-footed by counter-evidence.
But those following only one "shepherd" in such matters are reduced to personally attacking the messenger
when they can't refute the message.

That's what "sheep following the same shepherd" looks like--blind acceptance of the IDF version of the war and occupation.
And the demand that others accept the blind acceptance.