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Beastly Boy

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93. My apologies for misquoting you.
Thu May 15, 2025, 07:01 PM
May 2025

I did it from memory and obviously I erred. The "not Israel" part should have been outside the quotation marks, and it referred to your leaving the ICC's identical action in Israel's case out of your consideration. And if the "people" in that post referred to ICC among others, as you are clarifying now, that would make your later statement, "So people are doing more about Sudan than about Gaza", partially inaccurate, raising questions about who the "people" you are referring to are.

It is inaccurate to describe courts and administrations as "people", no matter the context. Adding to the confusion is your later statement, "But you are claiming to not understand that people show more interest in war crimes by governments allied to their own", which uses "people" in the correct context, hence the ambiguity of your statement is rather evident.

Now that I know who "those people" are, I can tell you that your allusion to them doing "more" having any chilling effect on the public and the media is absolutely unfounded. There is simply no correlation between the two. Case in point: when the ICC prosecutor announced charges against Netanyahu and Gallant, both the mainstream and the social media exploded with comments, a phenomenon that still reverberates unabated. Not so with Sudan, in whose case the ICC charges barely made a ripple.

So the correlation you are proposing, notwithstanding the leniency of the US government towards Israel, which I happen to agree with, is just not there. And the correlation I am proposing becomes self-evident.

And where did you get the idea that I claimed here, in writing no less, that the way an average person thinks is a mystery to me? My claim is the exact opposite:

I am claiming that I fully understand people showing more interest in the above [ that people would be as interested, if not more so, in the war crimes of the adversaries of their home countries]. 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.
. On the contrary, I proposed that your understanding of what people think leaves a good portion of it out of your consideration, and is therefore less complete than my own.

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I didn't read that as them justifying starvation anywhere EdmondDantes_ May 2025 #35
All lives matter, eh? Hassin Bin Sober May 2025 #58
That's not what I said. But whatever makes you feel better EdmondDantes_ May 2025 #63
Yeah, it happens quite often here. MarineCombatEngineer May 2025 #64
Yeah, right. Dave Bowman May 2025 #59
What's with the snark? MarineCombatEngineer May 2025 #62
Good for you, MarineCombatEngineer May 2025 #61
"Since Trump is in the area, why doesn't he work to get food to these starving children? " Johnny2X2X May 2025 #2
Trump is clearing the land for his luxury resort. Irish_Dem May 2025 #3
During the campaign Johnny2X2X May 2025 #4
Yes the GAZA protestors were useful PutinGOP tools. Irish_Dem May 2025 #7
This crisis is far more than politics in the United States Big Blue Marble May 2025 #17
Unfortunately, I am not surprised at all Johnny2X2X May 2025 #22
Regretfully, Biden allowed the starvation Big Blue Marble May 2025 #25
Biden fought tirelessly to prevent it Johnny2X2X May 2025 #28
Thank you. Nt mcar May 2025 #33
Not me. AloeVera May 2025 #37
Cutting SNAP assistance is taking place today in congress. rubbersole May 2025 #23
While I disagreed with.... ShadesOfBlue May 2025 #14
Also.... ShadesOfBlue May 2025 #19
Thank you. AloeVera May 2025 #20
Genocide Biden was an ugly slur that mischaracterized POTUS Biden. PufPuf23 May 2025 #50
I sort of get that, but shouldn't some people have understand the kind of "president " he was from his first term.... electric_blue68 May 2025 #92
They should have known it. LisaM May 2025 #21
People that voted for Trump destroyed USAID bronxiteforever May 2025 #27
Where do you think he got the idea from, to exterminate Gaza? AloeVera May 2025 #32
As far as that ass and most other people in the US in power are concerned they Autumn May 2025 #5
More here malaise May 2025 #6
By design IronLionZion May 2025 #8
THIS malaise May 2025 #9
I suspect that they would prefer that they be dead Bettie May 2025 #48
I support people but not military bullies. twodogsbarking May 2025 #11
...and our 'president' couldn't care less. spanone May 2025 #12
Adults are starving in Gaza too. milestogo May 2025 #13
The kids will have to get by with just 2 dolls from now on. Food, shelter, and medical care are unneeded luxuries. Ping Tung May 2025 #15
Sad and also sad that DU still has apologists for Israeli behavior in Gaza. /nt artemisia1 May 2025 #16
It is absolutely sickening, isn't it? BuddhaGirl May 2025 #18
Yes, but curiously, they seem to stay away form the Iraelis starvig the Gazans posts... brush May 2025 #29
People will remember who the "good Germans were" Hassin Bin Sober May 2025 #60
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News Flash Deep State Witch May 2025 #26
So malnourished the children are losing their eyesight. AloeVera May 2025 #30
Hamas stole most of the aid and then resell it. Mosby May 2025 #31
Are you fucking kidding me? N/T. AloeVera May 2025 #34
Do you or anyone have anything besides anecdotal evidence for this starvation claim? Mosby May 2025 #36
Ok SocialDemocrat61 May 2025 #38
I watched video of a few thousand people Mountainguy May 2025 #39
That was three and a half months ago. AloeVera May 2025 #41
And I remember articles from 6 months before that Mountainguy May 2025 #45
It always amazes me that there are those that take the word of HAMAs as the gospel, MarineCombatEngineer May 2025 #46
Especially here on DU Mountainguy May 2025 #47
That is a slur and untrue. nt PufPuf23 May 2025 #54
If you think so, then push that button that says alert, MarineCombatEngineer May 2025 #56
Cmon now, Israel says itself it stopped all aid going in 3 months ago. Eko May 2025 #82
No, this is data collected by international experts on famine, including UN bodies muriel_volestrangler May 2025 #52
And the IPC determined that 244K people are at Levet 5. AloeVera May 2025 #69
Like i said Mountainguy May 2025 #74
How much weight do you think these starving children lost in the past three and a half months? Beastly Boy May 2025 #49
Still can't or won't distinguish between Hamas militants and civilians - or starving kids, for that matter. AloeVera May 2025 #75
Sure I can. I can also tell what their hefty weight has to do with the starving children. Beastly Boy May 2025 #78
They ate for a million kids? AloeVera May 2025 #80
Yes, they also hoarded food and taxed it to, literally, death. Beastly Boy May 2025 #81
There has been no food, medicine, or fuel going in for nearly 3 months. AloeVera May 2025 #83
Spare me. You are impervious to reality. Hamas has controlled the food and energy markets in Gaza since at least Beastly Boy May 2025 #87
You can do more than one thing at a time...why Not electric_blue68 May 2025 #95
Only the UN, NGOs, Western doctors that have returned from Gaza, some Western media.. AloeVera May 2025 #40
Not an excuse any longer and no one believes BB or his homies. If an NGO shows Hamas caused the ... uponit7771 May 2025 #70
Wise to do so. AloeVera May 2025 #72
BB is a monster uponit7771 May 2025 #73
What MorbidButterflyTat May 2025 #84
Nothing. Mosby May 2025 #86
Wonder why no one cares about food crisis in other countries... EX500rider May 2025 #42
I think I can answer that one, MarineCombatEngineer May 2025 #43
The USA and other western countries are not arming either the Sudan government or the RSF muriel_volestrangler May 2025 #44
That's a ridiculous argument. Beastly Boy May 2025 #51
I'm not Qatari, so your post looks like a red herring (nt) muriel_volestrangler May 2025 #53
I am asking you as a US citizen. Beastly Boy May 2025 #55
I'm not a US citizen for that matter - I'm British, though this is of course an American website muriel_volestrangler May 2025 #57
Ok, so your objection is not on behalf of the US taxpayer. Good, one flagrantly ridiculous objection out of the way. Beastly Boy May 2025 #89
You've added a phrase to my quote, and then claimed it's inaccurate muriel_volestrangler May 2025 #90
My apologies for misquoting you. Beastly Boy May 2025 #93
Usual distraction from the painful subject at hand. AloeVera May 2025 #65
I think their government started a war they knew they were going to lose.... EX500rider May 2025 #66
But what do you think about deliberately blockimg food from starving people? AloeVera May 2025 #68
It is a frequent tactic in war to up the pressure to surrender. EX500rider May 2025 #77
Do you understand why the laws of war and Geneva were created? AloeVera May 2025 #79
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I am a child... Mike Nelson May 2025 #76
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And motherfucker and his Israli warlord BFF want to turn it into a billionaire beach paradise. Initech May 2025 #88
Because he doesn't care! electric_blue68 May 2025 #91
Trump is too busy trying to starve the children of AMERICA while feeding the uber-rich, Jack Valentino May 2025 #94
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