Israel/Palestine

Biophilic

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24. What didn't start with WWII?

Sun May 17, 2026, 12:16 PM

16 hrs ago

I'm addressing our current inability to see the irony and injustice of Israel's complete destruction of the Palestinian people and Gaza and now their neighbors in Lebanon. And I currently struggle with that dilemma. I can see it and I still can't reconcile it internally.

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I don't understand why people are just blind to Israeli terrorism and instead focus on just Muslim terrorism. [View all] Eko 20 hrs ago OP

Lucky enough to meet a couple of multigraincracker 20 hrs ago #1

Ditto malaise 20 hrs ago #2

The propaganda portrays Israel is "the good guys" and Muslims as "the bad guys" Orrex 20 hrs ago #3

Yes Israel has controlled the narrative here and elsewhere for a long time FakeNoose 19 hrs ago #8

Do you know any Jewish people? yardwork 18 hrs ago #11

Yes we have many Jewish groups in Pittsburgh and I have several friends and neighbors of the Jewish faith FakeNoose 15 hrs ago #36

So you are accusing your Jewish friends and neighbors of the following? yardwork 14 hrs ago #44

This message was self-deleted by its author Biophilic 14 hrs ago #47

Where are you seeing that? yardwork 18 hrs ago #9

Just out of curiosity... Orrex 16 hrs ago #21

Good question. I rarely use the AI results, but here goes... yardwork 16 hrs ago #23

We need to be careful not to conflate Jews as a people with the state of Israel Orrex 15 hrs ago #29

I was responding to your post above. yardwork 15 hrs ago #31

Ah yes--you did respond. My bad. Orrex 15 hrs ago #35

You have not. yardwork 15 hrs ago #37

I'm sorry that you don't care to engage with the subject seriously Orrex 15 hrs ago #38

Orrex doesn't act in good faith - it has nothing to do with the issue at hand jfz9580m 3 hrs ago #61

Thank you and an excellent response. Biophilic 15 hrs ago #39

Orrex- Go fuck yourself sideways you misogynistic shit stirring twat jfz9580m 3 hrs ago #60

Muslims: Bad press since The Crusades no_hypocrisy 20 hrs ago #4

Well, those and that little "conversion by the sword" thing. ColoringFool 19 hrs ago #5

What gets overlooked Old Crank 19 hrs ago #6

The Christian Crusaders butchered both Jews and Muslims. yardwork 18 hrs ago #12

And a lot of other Christians Old Crank 8 hrs ago #58

THIS!!!!!!! eom BlueMTexpat 18 hrs ago #13

"Conversion by the sword" is a misconception/trope used against Muslims since the Middle Ages. AloeVera 18 hrs ago #16

Islamic people developed most of what we think of as modern advances. yardwork 16 hrs ago #22

I believe there is still a tremendous amount of guilt about what happened in WWII. Biophilic 19 hrs ago #7

it didnt start w ww2. mopinko 17 hrs ago #19

What didn't start with WWII? Biophilic 16 hrs ago #24

attacks on jews. mopinko 15 hrs ago #28

It's interesting, isn't it. yardwork 15 hrs ago #32

yup. mopinko 15 hrs ago #33

Oh, good grief, no. Like a couple of millennium. Biophilic 13 hrs ago #49

it mystifies me, too. mopinko 11 hrs ago #52

All I can do is agree with you. It's honestly a mystery. And Christianity never looks good. Biophilic 11 hrs ago #53

Most of what you've written here is inaccurate. yardwork 16 hrs ago #25

As I stated in my post these are the myths I grew up with. Myths! Not truths. Biophilic 15 hrs ago #43

So you don't agree with what you wrote above? yardwork 14 hrs ago #45

Many decades of conditioning, propaganda and manipulation have brought us here. OGBuzz 18 hrs ago #10

You can say that again. yardwork 18 hrs ago #14

You're saying it becase you imagine that it serves your agenda. Orrex 15 hrs ago #41

Seems like every country needs to have a focal point to hate BeneteauBum 18 hrs ago #15

Israel has plenty of reason to fear their neighbors. yardwork 17 hrs ago #17

Basically I agree with you BeneteauBum 15 hrs ago #40

I agree with this post. yardwork 14 hrs ago #46

For them, the end justifies the means. AloeVera 17 hrs ago #18

Are you quoting Hamas? yardwork 17 hrs ago #20

You can't just "disagree" with a genocide. AloeVera 15 hrs ago #42

I think that you and I have different personalities. yardwork 14 hrs ago #48

Don't be too sure of that! AloeVera 12 hrs ago #51

Not everyone BlueWaveNeverEnd 16 hrs ago #26

Its also American terrorism SSJVegeta 16 hrs ago #27

Bigotry, willful ignorance, cognitive dissonance, disingenuousness, motivated reasoning, etc. RockRaven 15 hrs ago #30

"Israel has plenty of reason to fear their neighbors." J_William_Ryan 15 hrs ago #34

What do you think would be an appropriate way TBF 12 hrs ago #50

Before the massacre, thousands of Palestinians were being held w/o charges, questionseverything 11 hrs ago #54

Nice evasion but I'm curious - who started the fire? TBF 10 hrs ago #55

so u believe everything u read in the nyt now? mopinko 10 hrs ago #56

There are pictures, there's victim testimony, there's ashamed Isreal guards testimony questionseverything 9 hrs ago #57

Nothing will be enough. AloeVera 7 hrs ago #59