Imo if you're "neutral" where there's genocide involved you are on the side of the oppressor.

It doesn't really matter what your personal opinions of religion are (I'm also atheist, I actually watched a bunch of this guy's videos as well), the material reality is that Hamas has the support of the people, so you saying you "dislike" Hamas, the only group that's actively fighting the Zionists (of course that includes Ansarallah and Hezbollah), who, once again, has the support of the people, because you can't stand the idea of it being a religious organization, you're really just saying "both sides bad" with extra steps.

I'm also against Europeans kicking natives off the land that would become my home, the United States, but there's no unringing either bell. New generations have been born & raised in both places. Today, it would be just as wrong to remove either.

Huh, too bad that isn't your choice, colonizer. Doesn't matter if we can't "uNrInG tHe bElL" (whatever the fuck that dumb shit means), you continue to benefit off the backs of the colonized people who built your "home", and the same goes for Israel.

Cracker shit like this gets eviscerated every time, we ain't got time for this in 2024.

Idealist western brained nonsense. If US propaganda had poisoned his brain for decades with the notion that Hamas was good, was the welcoming religious org, was tolerant, etc instead of the opposite of scary terrorist brown people he'd have an entirely different tune.

Hamas does not need to be dealt with. Period. Termination of thought.

That framing suggests they instigated the situation, they caused the problem which is a lie and shows his misunderstanding of the situation. Fascist zionist settlers caused the problem. Fascist zionist settlers already conducted one mass wave of genocide (decades ago when setting up their fake state) and have been violating the UN partition ever since, encroaching on Palestinian lands, building more settler enclaves, encouraging settler violence. Gaza is an open air prison. Hamas was originally supported by the zionist occupation as a way to de-legitimize the Palestinian struggle, to paint them all as extremists. But Hamas was chosen by the people of Gaza.

So instead the correct framing is the zionist occupation needs to be dealt with. The zionist occupation that shot peaceful marchers in the knees and maimed them for life at the wall during the peaceful march of return and has been murdering and oppressing the Palestinian people and stealing their lands for decades needs to be dealt with. You deal with that and the Palestinian people are free to choose any number of paths with or without Hamas.

Palestinians have a RIGHT to resist, including violently. That Hamas is less than perfect in his gaze does not change the fact their greatest "crimes" amount to resisting for and in the name of the Palestinian people. It's not like Hamas is notorious for going out of its way to find and kill every gay person and that's why western media has taught him to hate them. No, western media hates them because they are the boogeyman that at one time Isn'treal wanted, because they resist violently and successfully and put fascists in the ground.

If he wants to be upset at religious extremists, he's upset at the wrong ones, it's the zionist religious extremists he should be upset about and the Christian ones aiding them. Hamas is merely a reaction and if he were well read, not buying the propaganda he'd know that.

People like him with this position are possible allies, so I don’t think they should be denounced outright.

Though I imagine you don't mean that he shouldn't be critiqued, right?

In which case I agree, and in Western countries this is a material necessity if you're trying to build labor power. This is a common opinion that has to be engaged with when working with unions or otherwise participating in direct action. Minds must be changed as we build solidarity.