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In reply to the discussion: Very sad- Israel is bombing Rafah during Superbowl [View all]Aussie105
(8,116 posts)88. At least my local media no longer tries to hide it. (Hide their bias, that is.)
'War in the Holy Land' is the heading.
(Are we conditioned to think this is Jewish Holy Land? It isn't.
3 different religions have their faith based in the area and see it as Holy Land.)
Hostages freed! Two!
Palestinian deaths that occur daily barely get a mention.
Nor does the ongoing human suffering.
Media pre-digests, condenses complex situations, media tells us what to think.
Media tells us who the good guys are, who the bad guys are.
I'm not buying it.
I refuse to believe this is not a war crime, and thousands of deaths are a necessary collateral damage that must be accepted to stop Hamas.
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Ah yes, those pesky inconvenient facts always getting in the way of a rant.
MarineCombatEngineer
Feb 2024
#52
Islam is a fairly straight foward religion. I believe the only holy days are Ramadan, which goes from Mar 10 - Apr 9th
LeftInTX
Feb 2024
#25
The people of Gaza have been observing a LOT of 'fasting' for some time---
DemocraticPatriot
Feb 2024
#27
My family were Armenian and were victims of genocide by the Muslim Turks. The Turks did not take Fridays off!
LeftInTX
Feb 2024
#87
By your definition, I would be considered a brown Middle Easterner, ancestor of genocide survivor
LeftInTX
Feb 2024
#84
Netanyahu is a white man. RW whites are very pro-Israel because they see them as whites
radius777
Feb 2024
#89
They are still holding hostages from their attack during a holy time and they are still attacking israel
JI7
Feb 2024
#21
"... while Americans watch the Super Bowl. This is intentional." What's the conspiracy theory here?
betsuni
Feb 2024
#32
So stupid they don't know anything about non-Western imperialism. History doesn't exist.
betsuni
Feb 2024
#44
why the hell should Israel care about an American sport event during a hostage rescue
MistakenLamb
Feb 2024
#42
I have a media pay-no-mind list, and blind links to dog-knows-what are on it
EYESORE 9001
Feb 2024
#54
Ah yes. The Super Bowl. That traditional time when adversaries lay down their arms
Takket
Feb 2024
#50
At least my local media no longer tries to hide it. (Hide their bias, that is.)
Aussie105
Feb 2024
#88