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Cake day: June 30th, 2023

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  • True, but I am also tired of explanations for Hamas terrorism becoming its justification. Not by you, obviously, but look around. This is what I meant: We can acknowledge that Israel is an apartheit state and has become fascist and did horrible things to palestinians over the last decades. We do not have to wonder that there are terrorists. At the same time, that does not mean that Israelis “deserve” it or that terrorism is inevitable like a force of nature.

    Explanation =/= justification. But exactly this is getting abused by antisemites.

    I have read some horrible comments over the last couple of days. From accusing me of “hurr durr both sides” to “there is no such thing as an innocent Israeli” (thanks hasanabi twitch chatter, not banned for this) while hundreds were slaughtered at a festival.







  • I think it’s good enough.

    Most of the time, yeah. We take these mental shortcuts to avoid a lot of unnecessary headache and talking.

    Problem is, these shortcuts get hijacked by asshole grifters to push their own agenda in todays climate of tiktok and youtube shorts. And this is especially potent when the usual everyday use of the word is not good enough. Want another example: “What is a woman?” Same mental shortcut. Same method to exploit the shortcut. Same bullshit. Nuanced discussion not happening.

    Sometimes, we just need to be precise in discourse. These people are intentionally not being precise. They hijack our mental shortcuts.

    Another example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4F6GVLBVcQ

    But yeah, in everyday use it’s good enough. Of course it is.