The reaction to her post reminds me why I have actively avoided discussing I/P [Israel/Palestine] online for the last year in a half.
Wow so fucking brave of you
. It’s so obviously a trap for leftists - we’re completely unable to impact the conflict in any meaningful way, so instead it’s performative purity tests online for clout. It’s perfect in that sense - there’s no cost to staking out an insane position because, at the end of the day, it won’t impact the conflict at all, just get you clout.
Absolutely fuck off. It’s not like pro Palestine activists aren’t getting doxxed, sacked, kicked out of uni, beaten, and deported.
Also if they sincerely believe that then just say it. Like liberals who think they’re leftist seem to believe 2 things:
Nothing anyone has ever done has helped the cause for Palestine. Protests irrelevant. Comments online? Totally pointless. Direct action? Somehow the most pointless.
It’s just a purity test for left points
Ok so say genocide bad. You say you want leftists to like you and claim there is a easy way to get them to do so that has no effect on the world. But they won’t even say that… As if they actually don’t believe atleast one if not both points above…
It’s not a trap for leftists at all. Leftists actually find it incredibly easy to navigate this issue and find the correct stance.
God tbh I’m so over the term “left/leftist”. Either you’re an anticapitalist/anti imperialist or you’re the enemy, or at best a useful idiot for the enemy.
Ya, no one was complaining when they called themselves liberals. At least communist, socialist, or anarchist demonstrates an actual rejection of the Actually Existing Capitalism hell that everyone is suffering with now.
Wow so fucking brave of you
Absolutely fuck off. It’s not like pro Palestine activists aren’t getting doxxed, sacked, kicked out of uni, beaten, and deported.
Also if they sincerely believe that then just say it. Like liberals who think they’re leftist seem to believe 2 things:
Nothing anyone has ever done has helped the cause for Palestine. Protests irrelevant. Comments online? Totally pointless. Direct action? Somehow the most pointless.
It’s just a purity test for left points
Ok so say genocide bad. You say you want leftists to like you and claim there is a easy way to get them to do so that has no effect on the world. But they won’t even say that… As if they actually don’t believe atleast one if not both points above…
It’s not a trap for leftists at all. Leftists actually find it incredibly easy to navigate this issue and find the correct stance.
God tbh I’m so over the term “left/leftist”. Either you’re an anticapitalist/anti imperialist or you’re the enemy, or at best a useful idiot for the enemy.
Ya, no one was complaining when they called themselves liberals. At least communist, socialist, or anarchist demonstrates an actual rejection of the Actually Existing Capitalism hell that everyone is suffering with now.