If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse, and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality. - Desmond Tutu

It really is that simple folks. Any both-sidesism, well-actualling, or fence-sitting as it relates to Israel and Palestine is simple moral cowardice. Anything less than full-throated support for Palestinian liberation and denunciation of Israel apartheid and murder is de facto support for Israel.

Liberals love to talk about nuance and how actually issues are very complex because they don't have principles; they have positions that can be changed at any moment according to their convenience. They pretend that not taking a stand is a sign of their intelligence, maturity and objectivity. In actuality they are as cowardly and vicious as the most rabid neocon. Their hands are drenched in blood.

Sorry, just had to vent. The last week has been a real blackpill for me, even as someone who lived through the hysteria of 9/11. Death to America. Death to Israel. Death to the West.

  • coeliacmccarthy [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    libs treat nuance like a food group, you need 5 to 9 servings of nuance a day or you die of tankieitis

    • UlyssesT [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      Very similar brainworms were behind the "grey jedi" fad in the Star Wars fandom. They thought that the "balanced" way to use the Force was a carefully administered number of acts of cruelty and selfishness for their ego-insert characters. centrist

      Disclaimer: I know the Jedi Order was magic cops that kidnapped and indoctrinated children; an actually nuanced version of the setting would have a lot more room for Force users that reject the Jedi/Sith entirely and don't just go Diet Sith to avoid unpleasant labels.

      • somename [she/her]
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        1 year ago

        Sith are interesting because their code is actually not awful? If you avoid all connotations of what Sith actually are in media.

        Peace is a lie, there is only passion.

        Through passion, I gain strength.

        Through strength, I gain power.

        Through power, I gain victory.

        Through victory, my chains are broken.

        The Force shall free me.

        There's room in that for a philosophy about self-actualization, liberation, and revolutionary action. But no, it's only antisocial edgelords. You can be that, or a magic cop.

        • UlyssesT [he/him]
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          1 year ago

          I wasn't directly knocking the Sith, though in application throughout the lore the Sith apply the above code in Ayn Rand style ways and put others in chains and deny them their passions, deprive them of power, and enslave them.

        • AssortedBiscuits [they/them]
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          1 year ago

          The Sith code is too individualistic. I looked up the Jedi Code, and it doesn't have the "I." The Jedi Code can be interpreted as what is vs what ought to be or the individual vs society vs the universe.