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[–] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"The second richest terror organization" is like talking about the second toughest fifth grader when discussing whether a prize fighter needs help in a one on one fight.

Hamas routinely chooses military spending over social spending. It’s always been their way.

How is this remotely relevant? It's like you just scanned for keywords and then remixed them to make an irrelevant comparison.

[–] emma@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

False equivalence from you there. Oh so false. I'm pointing out some of the flaws in your thinking. Don't downplay Hamas' resources.

[–] zerfuffle@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You're downplaying Israel's resources lol

Israel's occupation of Palestine makes the Xinjiang situation look downright utopian. Education? Jobs? Infrastructure?

[–] emma@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Oh you truly do not understand the situation with Palestine if you think it's worse than Xinjiang. Would probably be good to reconsider your "sources" for this, someone's misleading you badly.