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[–] OldChicoAle@lemmy.world 62 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I don't understand how an entire country can be full of so much hate. Did they forget the holocaust? Are they deniers? Do they not have empathy? Is it societal? What a stain on humanity.

[–] Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago

Propaganda is a powerful drug

[–] lithiumground@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

I also could not understand

[–] itisileclerk@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

It is a "monkey see, monkey do" syndrome. Or more correctly "slave syndrome". Meaning "slaves want to do what their masters were doing", "want to be a boss to do what his/hers boss is doing to them".

When someone is abused and survived there is big chance that they will became abusers if they can.

[–] vanitasvanitatum@lemmy.world -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This is how humans really are, when no consequences we turn into animals

[–] applebusch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 1 month ago

I refuse to believe that. humans are some of the most social, compassionate, and empathetic animals to ever exist. this is tribalism taken to its extreme, promoted by propaganda and an insular culture. theres a reason these far right groups seek to dehumanize their "enemies", and it's because if people they see them as human they wont do shit like this. israel conditions its people to see others this way, intentionally. it isn't human nature left to its own devices at all.

[–] betheydocrime@lemmy.world 55 points 1 month ago

While this will almost certainly go unpunished, the IOF sentenced another two of its invaders to 30 days of military detention for being filmed while sledgehammering a statue of Jesus. This is because the IOF knows Christian Zionists care more about a plaster idol than they do about living, breathing Palestinians.

[–] Wataba@sh.itjust.works 34 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Remind me again why it's wrong to call Israelis violent pigs?

[–] toomanypancakes@piefed.world 27 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Pigs are actually cool. Israeli soldiers are violent, terrible humans.

[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 4 points 1 month ago

Ew, humans can be so vile

[–] pennomi@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Because some of them are civilians. You can’t choose where you are born.

Israeli soldiers don’t have an excuse though.

[–] krashmo@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Israel does have compulsory military service though.

[–] crimson_iris@piefed.social 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You can still choose not to serve. There are probably consequences that follow choosing not to, of course. But the choice exists. There's no excuse. Same as the russians in the Ukraine War, or the American draftees during the Vietnam War.

Is it fair to be born into a certain nationality and be forced to deal with this choice? No. But the choice exists not to comply and become part of the problem.

[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Go ahead and serve, just do it in the most incompetent way possible. Make them scared to give you a weapon or authority because you (intentionally) fuck everything up in training

[–] mrdown@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

If you enter Gaza you are an invader and palestinians will shoot at you.

[–] mrdown@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

Most of the Israelis keep voting for pro genocide politicians

[–] tresspass@lemmy.world 33 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Imagine peeing on any corpse. I dont think I could pee at all if a corpse was even in the vaccinity.

[–] Horsey@lemmy.world 29 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

Trump after he’s Ghaddafi’d? Sure. And that’s coming from someone who thinks public toilets are stressful.

[–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Look at Thatcher's grave, UK's first public gender neutral toilet

[–] Horsey@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That and Jean Marie Le Pen

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

UK's first public gender neutral toilet

That and Jean Marie Le Pen

Would have been really funny if they had buried an ultranationalist French bigot in the UK 😄

[–] Horsey@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think it’s extremely telling that they buried him somewhere in the middle of nowhere and are not publicizing where it is.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

Yeah, that grave would have been a popular urinal/dance floor combo otherwise 😁

[–] stretch2m@infosec.pub 6 points 1 month ago

They could charge admission and clear up this fucking national debt.

[–] tresspass@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Fair enough lmao

[–] altkey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 30 points 1 month ago (3 children)

It's on israeli citizens to distance themselves from these feral creatures to avoid blanket hatred, that, on their behalf, would unevitably hurt jewish people worldwide. A healthy israeli would be ashamed of their guys doing that, and bombings, and land capture, and whatever else. But there are a lot of people even on Fediverse who can whatabout it out and go with their day.

[–] sen@lemmy.zip 17 points 1 month ago

Until I meet a healthy Israeli I'm gonna default to not being offended by statements like "Israel should be wiped off the face of the earth for their crimes."

I'm not an anti-Semite, but I sure as fucking shit am anti-israel now.

[–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago
[–] wrinkle2409@lemmy.cafe 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Disgusting vermin. How can someone be so cruel

[–] Makhno@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

Nuke israel. Destroy the zionists.

[–] tomiant@piefed.social 11 points 1 month ago

That is hatred and dehumanization and ideological fanaticism a little like, well, you know who.

[–] Coupable@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago
[–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

That's awful but at this point does anyone really doubt that this is something the IDF would do? I assume they're posting this kind of video themselves and want people to see it, does something so disrespectful to the victims really need to be spread around further?

[–] lithiumground@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That’s awful but at this point does anyone really doubt that this is something the IDF would do? I assume they’re posting this kind of video themselves and want people to see it, does something so disrespectful to the victims really need to be spread around further?

Yes, people needs to see that their morality

[–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

This argument doesn't work for say videos of sexual abuse, I feel like there has to be some line and maybe this crosses it