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In reply to the discussion: Children are starving in Gaza. [View all]Beastly Boy
(13,283 posts)Absent of this popular absurdity, it took me a while to understand what exactly your talking points are. Based on your latest post, it appears that you are surprised with my presumed naivete regarding people who are more interested in the war crimes of the governments of allies of their home countries than others.
First, this statement is very contestable. I would suggest that people would be as interested, if not more so, in the war crimes of the adversaries of their home countries (for some inexplicable reason, Hamas immediately comes to mind. Maybe because there isn't much interest, and much evident desire to deflect from THEIR war crimes But apparently, I am too naive to bring it up).
Second, to allege naivete, one must produce evidence of it. I am claiming that I fully understand people showing more interest in the above. With that understanding, I am claiming that I also fully understand the nature of the discriminatory false equivalencies that those interested people are throwing around. This is why I brought up Sudan. As evidence of bias on the part of self-appointed humanitarians claiming impartiality, and not for the apples to apples comparison.
Getting back to your previous posts, "The ICC does have warrants out for past actions in Sudan, but not Israel" is inaccurate. Actually there are two warrants out for two Israelis, both being currently contested, versus 6 warrants against 6 Sudanese. Regardless, as I illustrated above, this has no bearing on what I am talking about.
And the accuracy of "So people are doing more about Sudan than about Gaza." is dubious. It depends on who you count as "people" and who you don't, as well as what "doing something" entails. Certainly, there are way more people on social media spreading false information, to put it mildly, about the Israel/Gaza war, including misinformation about ICC in this regard, than there are people doing anything about Sudan.