If releasing violently kidnapped children could lead to a ceasefire why aren't protesters demanding it?

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16. Because oppression ideology is reductive

They can only see the oppressed and the oppressor.

If you acknowledge that the oppressed can be oppressors, well, that's a very complicated and uncomfortable thought. It creates dissonance. It's easier just to pretend the issue isn't complex. Acknowledging complexity would wreck the slogans, and without slogans, what are they going to put on the signs? No no. It's far, far easier to have villains and victims. Victims cannot be villains. There. Solved. Whew.

Then you have the actual antisemites, those who tacitly support them, or those who remain quiet because they're trying to protect their ideology from the problems above or just never gave virtue signaling very much thought. "Anti-racist meant being against all racism? When did that start?!"

Jews and Israel cannot be victims in either the ideological or the racist scenarios I just laid out.

So, the hostages don't exist. Hamas doesn't exist. Antisemitism either doesn't exist or isn't a problem to these people. And Gazans are not and cannot be oppressed by anyone other than Israel, and they certainly cannot have any blame, circumstance, or crime laid at their feet.

Otherwise, one's head might start to hurt, and then questions will have to be asked. And questions lead to apostasy.

It's gross all around.