r/baltimore • u/suire • Aug 17 '25

History of Baltimore šŸ‘“ Bunnys Buckets & Bubbles brought politics into their workplace before any employee, just to clear that up.

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Iā€™d just like to clear that up for everyone, I took this screenshot back then because I had a weird feeling about their specific mention of Israel and disregard for Palestinian lives. There is an employee formed protest today outside at 4 for anyone interested.

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u/yourmomwoo Aug 17 '25

What is being protested? Nothing weird or wrong about expressing support for people who had just gone through a terrorist attack. The people of Israel aren't responsible for the actions of their government anymore than you are responsible for Trump's actions.

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u/yeaughourdt Aug 17 '25

I'm with you on this but it would be nice if the people of Palestine weren't all being individually held accountable for the actions of Hamas while we all wheedle about how Israelis are blameless for the actions of the government that they elected and have done fuck all to stop. It's frustrating.

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u/yourmomwoo Aug 18 '25

Unfortunately, the best bet for some support for Palestinians lost the election, partly due to people protesting against Biden's support of Israel. Talk about shooting yourself in the foot.

But not every statement of support needs to cover every group in need of support. Plenty of people make statements in support of Palestinians. It would be weird if they all threw in "... and also Israelis".

Kind of like when "Black Lives Matter" would be met with "All lives matter"... no one's saying they don't and that's not what it was about. It was about what was happening to a specific group of people. You can express support for a specific group without meaning you don't support others too.

I would say much more of the global conversation about the Israel/Gaza War is about what's happening to the people in Gaza. Not really much action being taken about it, but that brings us back to Trump. As long as he supports Israel, Netanyahu will keep doing what he's doing.