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In reply to the discussion: A top U.N. official says Hamas is 'not a terrorist organization,' sparking furious backlash from Israel [View all]The Magistrate
(96,043 posts)9. You Tell Me, Sir
Do you think that, taking the sum of human rights violations around the globe, two thirds are inflicted on less than a thousandth of its population?
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A top U.N. official says Hamas is 'not a terrorist organization,' sparking furious backlash from Israel [View all]
Behind the Aegis
Feb 2024
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So we shouldn't focus on the actual violations, but rather on the number and who condemned the misdeeds?
RAB910
Feb 2024
#6
I am not going to engage in the fallacy of relative privation, to defend Israel's crimes
RAB910
Feb 2024
#11
Mocking laughter will not change the reality that I correctly identified the fallacy being employed to defend the
RAB910
Feb 2024
#14
Seems that Palestinians being brown skinned and Muslim are not exactly being treated well
RAB910
Feb 2024
#23
seeing how the people whose rights are being violated are Muslim and brow skinned, now is in not the topic?
RAB910
Feb 2024
#46
Muslims are quite capable of committing genocide! They killed 1.6 million Armenians.
LeftInTX
Feb 2024
#52
The UN loses fucking credibility when they talk this shit. Hamas is a terrorist pedophile rapist organization.
SoFlaBro
Feb 2024
#50
And ask yourself how many resolutions condemning violations of human rights were against say N Korea?
EX500rider
Feb 2024
#26
Which does nothing to explain why the UN ignores much worse human rights violators to concentrate on Israel
EX500rider
Feb 2024
#30
That is a seperate issue which is not relevant to the issue of Israel's repeated human rights violations
RAB910
Feb 2024
#32
The millions of Palestinians living in what would be fairly described as hell on earth (thanks to Israel) would strongly
RAB910
Feb 2024
#39
Gaza wasn't "hell on earth" until they started a war with their powerful neighbor who supplies much of their supplies
EX500rider
Feb 2024
#45
At Least You're Getting Back To Your Strengths, Dear: Emotional Manipulation
The Magistrate
Feb 2024
#55
My strenghts are critical thinking and intellectual honesty. It 's how I could so easily spot the logical fallacies and
RAB910
Feb 2024
#57
Until Israel is actually innocent of human rights violation these stats are meaningless
RAB910
Feb 2024
#40
As amply demostrated by their peaceful diplomatic mission across the border last October 7th.
DFW
Feb 2024
#8
Between statements like this and the collaboration between Hamas and UNRWA, the UN is hurting their reputation
Amishman
Feb 2024
#18