I don't need deep, meaningful knowledge to know that spree shooting and raping bystanders is fucking wrong. A child knows that's wrong. An adult is just better at lying to themselves about it.

[–] DoiDoi@hexbear.net 20 points 1 year ago

christ it's like you're trying to not get it lmao

[–] TreadOnMe@hexbear.net 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

This isn't a spree shooting. It's a coordinated military action, where bystanders will get shot, because that is the nature of war, all wars. As for the raping of bystanders, we will see what the record says, but I highly doubt any claims coming from either the U.S. or Israeli media about that occurring. There have already been claims of beheadings and infant killings, none of which have been substantiated with evidence thus far, but all of this stuff smacks of 'oriental brown-skinned hordes' tropes. I have seen the videos of bystanders being shot, and I would be utterly shocked if they weren't being shot, especially given the usual Israeli treatment of bystanders, even during times of supposed 'ceasefire'.

However, comparing this to some sort of independent actor 'spree killing' like what occurs in the U.S. is some truly dense shit.

[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

This is probably the most rational response I've received, thank you.

I can respect that the raping might be misinformation, but what about the kidnappings? IIRC, HAMAS has confirmed it alongside US and Israeli intelligence. And this is probably going to smack of bothsidesism, but I'm wildly unimpressed with the Israeli government's seeming policy of seeking to maximize collateral damage whenever possible. They're a bunch of shameless authoritarian fuckheads with no regard for life. I don't see it in a different light when HAMAS does it, though. I'm sure they have their reasons, but that's just it, any fool can justify murder to themselves; the Nazis weren't walking around telling themselves "wow, the Jews don't deserve this", and neither were the American military when they were leading the Native American genocide. Right now, the Israeli government's justification mill is running full tilt. I'm sure the CIA are masters of convincing themselves that they're justified in their actions. So, claims that it's justified ring a little hollow for me.

Is there any truth to the idea that there were off duty IDF present at the rave? IIRC, Israel is a conscription country, so I'm wondering if there's real truth there or if it's just that there's basically IDF members everywhere.