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TheKentuckian

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62. This is just stretching and perverting the idea of whataboutism

Mon Dec 18, 2023, 11:19 PM

Dec 2023

into an all purpose deflector shield against all reason and context.

Like Hamas, Hezbollah, and the PLO before them Birkenstock Charlottesville will spend every last drop of Palestinian blood for the fucked up "cause".

The sanctimonious and duplicitous "love" of all people and all that crap is good old mularkey.

If some Arab nation(s) never gave them independence or even wiped them out to the last child, it wouldn't rise above "Shame that" and maybe a VH1 retrospective "What ever happened to the Palestinians?".

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No Jews, no protests? Sudan is in free fall [View all] Arazi Dec 2023 OP

I can't even begin to grasp the scale of this hypocrisy Beastly Boy Dec 2023 #1

I agree LetMyPeopleVote Dec 2023 #64

So, are you implying that one humanitarian disaster excuses the other? Chainfire Dec 2023 #2

Not implying anything, I'm straight up accusing folks of hypocrisy Arazi Dec 2023 #5

Feigning outrage? Trust me, I am not feigning my outrage over the slaughter in Gaza. Chainfire Dec 2023 #11

"If that makes me antisemitic..." Arazi Dec 2023 #13

Your judgemen of others that you wish to label as antiSemities, says more about you than the people Chainfire Dec 2023 #17

Huh. Can you point me to your other posts Arazi Dec 2023 #31

Azerbaijanis? That really has gone unreported. muriel_volestrangler Dec 2023 #59

I agree that "whataboutism" doesn;t change the tragedy of Gaza, but... Happy Hoosier Dec 2023 #45

Better asked, why are people NOT protesting conditions in Sudan. CincyDem Dec 2023 #8

🎯 Arazi Dec 2023 #9

It's not trendy to care about Sudan Sympthsical Dec 2023 #10

To be fair, any protests about Sudan would probably be as useless as the ones about Gaza. yardwork Dec 2023 #25

Agreed Sympthsical Dec 2023 #56

Damn, Skippy The Magistrate Dec 2023 #69

+1 dalton99a Dec 2023 #66

Whether or not a person morns the people of Sudan has nothing whatsoever to do with what is happening in Gaza. Chainfire Dec 2023 #14

True. Everyone has the absolute right to choose who they mourn and that choice says a lot about who they are. CincyDem Dec 2023 #22

It has everything to do with the person who mourns, or doesn't, depending on the person's biases. Beastly Boy Dec 2023 #33

This is just stretching and perverting the idea of whataboutism TheKentuckian Dec 2023 #62

YES! Dorian Gray Dec 2023 #71

Ignore the effects of corrupt colonialism in Africa at the world's peril. haele Dec 2023 #3

The larger picture implicates Putin Arazi Dec 2023 #7

There was a post a few weeks back sarisataka Dec 2023 #4

Yup Arazi Dec 2023 #6

That was so sad LeftInTX Dec 2023 #16

Anything that isn't constantly hyped by the television news sinks like a stone. hunter Dec 2023 #19

Well... (((they))) aren't there to villify. NT Happy Hoosier Dec 2023 #12

Sudan isn't trendy enough for those who have been protesting BannonsLiver Dec 2023 #15

Sadly, I don't know the dynamics of Sudan or who is who LeftInTX Dec 2023 #18

Remind me which side the US, or other western governments, are on muriel_volestrangler Dec 2023 #20

In Yemen, for example, KSA is butchering Muslim women and children Arazi Dec 2023 #32

You make a good point, which would be better still in a thread about Yemen muriel_volestrangler Dec 2023 #34

Thanks for pointing out that anti-West objectives are at the center of anti-Israel protests and policies mathematic Dec 2023 #35

That is, frankly, self-centered muriel_volestrangler Dec 2023 #36

Oh, back to leaning on principle again I see. mathematic Dec 2023 #40

Is this going to radicalize Muslim youth across the globe? Mosby Dec 2023 #21

Jews? Most definitely. Christians? Depends on if there's money involved. n/t Coventina Dec 2023 #42

It is easy to be radicalized when suicide bombers TheKentuckian Dec 2023 #70

Where are the protests? mcar Dec 2023 #23

These women and children in Sudan don't have Putin's global PR campaign. yardwork Dec 2023 #24

Bingo 🎯 Arazi Dec 2023 #26

It is crystal clear to many of us. yardwork Dec 2023 #37

To divide all of the West NorseSaxonCelt Dec 2023 #72

Welcome to DU. yardwork Dec 2023 #73

This is true. I haven't seen anything on the news about it. patphil Dec 2023 #28

The same can be said about the REACTION to October 7th. Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2023 #27

I do believe it is racism. patphil Dec 2023 #30

I don't think American horror at the October 7 attacks were motivated by racism. yardwork Dec 2023 #38

The question was why people, who are suddenly animated about Sudan, were not flying the Sudanese flag. Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2023 #48

I've tried to stay out of the tit for tat. yardwork Dec 2023 #52

I've pretty much stayed out too but Part of that effort is accusing the left of antisemitism. Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2023 #60

I guess I didn't make it clear in my post. I was referring to the part about Sudan. patphil Dec 2023 #54

Thanks for that clarification. yardwork Dec 2023 #57

Exactly. David__77 Dec 2023 #39

You left out the part where Hamas called for violence against Jews worldwide. Coventina Dec 2023 #43

Was this your first time hearing of Hamas (or the PLO)? Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2023 #47

I'm afraid I am not getting your point. Coventina Dec 2023 #49

Which proves how stupid these "durrr you didn't protest Sudan" threads are. Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2023 #50

Yes and no. Coventina Dec 2023 #55

thank you for your efforts in this thread Celerity Dec 2023 #58

False equivalency Beastly Boy Dec 2023 #51

This is why I can't stand performative activism ismnotwasm Dec 2023 #29

Abrahamic faiths for the win!! Coventina Dec 2023 #44

And he didn't complete his second term as President Kennah Dec 2023 #63

I put the blame for war on the species misanthrope Dec 2023 #53

Kicking to keep this important post trending revmclaren Dec 2023 #41

This message was self-deleted by its author Nanjeanne Dec 2023 #46

This is one of the best JustAnotherGen Dec 2023 #61

Comments from Malcom Nance LetMyPeopleVote Dec 2023 #65

Exactly Arazi Dec 2023 #67

K&R betsuni Dec 2023 #68