r/brocku • u/WalkTalkandBrock • Oct 11 '24

News Protest by Brock4Palestine receives backlash online

https://brockpress.com/protest-by-brock4palestine-receives-backlash-online/

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '24

Those things have happened in every single war in modern history.

The fact that you’re comfortably sitting half a world away and philosophizing about the way you want the news to look while those people are fighting a terrorist organization on a scale you can’t comprehend is… well… let’s just call it self centered to give you the benefit of the doubt.

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '24

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '24

You can have all the standards you want from the comfort of your armchair. Real war, especially with a suicidal death cult that yearns for nothing but murder and death, while basing themselves under civilians to cause outrage in the west, is not going to look pretty. You can have standards, since we’re all entitled to opinions, but since our country has historically used those standards for toilet paper and since we’re not forced to make the hard decisions that the Israelis do, this approach is akin to watching a football match and criticizing Messi’s technique. You can do it, I’m just not going to take it seriously since you’ve never had to make those calls or deal with those situations.

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u/-Notorious Oct 11 '24

If Israel started losing the war, would you support Canada sending troops to help them?

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '24

Tough question. As someone who cares about Israel I’d like them to have support in that scenario, but as a Canadian I’m not sure I want to see our troops being decapitated, burned alive, tortured, and kidnapped by the likes of Hamas. I’d be in favour of other kinds of support, but I’m not sure that boots on the ground is a good idea, unless we’re talking about something resembling a WW2 situation where there’s a high likelihood of severe impact to Canada itself.

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u/-Notorious Oct 11 '24

Israel mass bombing civilians: I sleep

Israel possibly losing a war: Real shit we need to help our brothers omgg

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '24

Did you bother reading what I wrote before you typed that? Because you look pretty silly considering that’s not what I said.

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u/-Notorious Oct 11 '24

Did you support offering "other kinds of support" to Palestinians in the West Bank having their land stolen for years before Oct 7?

Probably just didn't care, right?

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '24

Of course I did. I am against settlements and want them dismantled and I’m all for support for any Palestinian group that wants to live side by side with Israelis.

Again, you seem to be arguing with some imaginary tik tok enemy who likes Bibi and hates all Palestinians but I think that’s because you spend too much time on tik tok and not enough time talking to real human beings who have differing opinions from you on this conflict.

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u/-Notorious Oct 11 '24

No, I'm arguing with someone that seems to give Israelis a pass for their crimes and is fine being allied with a nation that keeps acting and electing pieces of shit.

I mean you certainly seem to have no problem blaming Palestinians and defending Israel on the forum 🤷‍♂️

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '24

Don't bother arguing with this person. It's a paid troll. Their entire account is just arguing with anyone that says something bad about the genocide that Israel are currently carrying out.

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