When you choose not to decide you still have made a choice.

-Geddy Lee, Neil Peart, and Alex Lifeson

Solving the conflict between a poor and powerless Palestine and the nuclear power of Israel IS one of the most complex political issues. Not only, but also because of the power-imbalance and generational hate on both sides.

The genocide in Gaza is decidedly NOT complex though. Yes it is a part of that entire thing, but the fact that the IDF is committing crimes against humanity is as simple as can be.

One side is far more powerful and commiting genocide, the other is poor and simply trying to survive. Currently it is not complex at all.

My initial position after those first attacks from Hamas were Isreal has the right to defend itself, but what has happened since then is so far beyond the scope of what is acceptable, it is horrible.

Isn't Netanyahu wanted for genocide?

Keep digging that hole, Ed.

I always try to give people the benefit of doubt. But now he's said too much for that to apply.

The entirety of Palestine, Gaza, and Israel is complex. Though, it has to be said, part of that is because Israel has done everything in their power to keep it "complex". When serious progress was being made in the early years of their nation. Their response was to assassinate the mediator. Yes. Really. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folke_Bernadotte (Oh I mean... It was totally these extremists, a rebel group, and in no way was Israel involved, they investigated themselves and found no wrongdoing!)

The Israeli genocide in Gaza however. Is not very complex. It's quite simple. It's a genocide. And they need to be held accountable. Though I wouldn't hold my breath.

I think this guy is an entertainment puffball who is not cut out to have sophisticated opinions on anything or any opinions about sophisticated matters, but he is fast becoming a textbook case on how that doesn’t matter because you can’t simply throw up your hands at genocide and say “I’m not a political person.”

Israel existing, and being protected from neighbors is, to my mind, a "complex political issue."

Israel performing genocide on Palestinians and annexing their homes is not.

The most complex political issue on the planet remains how to handle climate change.

Is is maintain the status quo which is Israelis exterminating Palestinians

"yes, I know that snipers shoot children in the head for fun, but have you considered the complex history of the region?"

Sounds pretty simple to me

"genocide bad" is not complex at all, actually.

It's no less complicated than the US using 9/11 as an excuse to intensify it's militaristic nature into a 25 year reign of terror in the middle east.

It's not that complicated Ed. I got a pretty clear picture from an hour of research. Maybe if you get out of your algorithm for 20 minutes you might find something more tangible on the situation than a few chapters from a dusty religious text and the word of a bunch of rich assholes with vested interests in the region.

My perception of this dude went from:

Okay maybe he likes sticking his head in the sand cause of money.

To:

He fully knows what he is doing and is complicit.

What a royal fuck up.

Also, my own two cents.

This never started as complex, and imo it’s not complex now. It is to Israel’s benefit for it to be seen as complex so they can do false equivalency.

A bully would love for observers to believe that both sides are equally in the wrong.

Person A: You don't love me anymore?

Person B: It is complicated.

Person A: really!?

Also : He tried playing the victim for a bit.

You see, mass murder for imperialistic interests is a very nuanced issue and requires multiple viewpoints. There’s definitely pros and cons to it, depending on which team you’re on.

STFU and go back to making boring, gutless adult contemporary music for soccer moms.

By conceding that the reaction to October 7 was “disproportionate”, he seemed genuinely upset. Only he didn’t say how many dead kids he would consider proportionate.

I viscerally hated that word when he said it but didn't know why until I read this article

My first thought when he said that.

Kids dying isn't complex bro. Like isn't he fuckin Irish?

World War II was also the most geopolitically complex issue on the planet.

What is so complex about one side genociding the other?

Its patently ridiculous how hard people twist themselves into knots to try to avoid saying anything remotely negative about Israels fucking genocide.

Yes, any Middle East issue is complex and unrest has been ongoing for centuries, but at least mass displacement, killing children and other innocent people, destruction and blockading of humanitarian resources, and incursion into sovreign territory should be condemned, don't you think, Ed? And the words "Free Palestine" are not anti-Israel, no one seemed to have a big problem with any of Macklemore's words, until some billionaire ten days later phoned him up about it.

The only thing making it complex is that Jews were the victims of a genocide too. Nothing more to it than humans not learning from history.