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by TiredOfLife 1 day ago
> Protesting in support of Palestine is not protesting in support of Hamas.

Yet every Palestine support protest includes Hamas symbols and chants to exterminate a certain group of people.

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One MAGA hat at a Republican rally doesn't mean all Republicans are MAGA.

If anything is to be learnt, it is that individuals should be judged as individuals, or at least that individuals should not be judged by the worst actions of a group that they may (only appear to) be a part of.

A good way for "one side" to trivialise or demonise "the other side" would be to seed "the other side" with extremist messaging.

IDK, but a "pretty soon it's a nazi bar" fable kinda fits here.

It's insane how universities are so chill when students literally call for genocide of Jews.

> It's insane how universities are so chill when students literally call for genocide of Jews.

where exactly have students "literally" called for genocide of jews?

The only people I've heard the "kill them all" mentality blatently to my face so far have been pro israel zionists.