Judging the means by which the colonized resists their colonizers is pretty much liberalism on a stick. Resisting colonialism in real life is not Ewoks, Millenium Falcons and happy endings. It’s nasty, messy and brutal.
This user literally expected Palestinians to wait for the west’s pearl-clutching to stave off Israel’s genocide - you know, that thing that has failed to stop Israel for decades now - instead of accepting the logistics and support Iran is obviously willing to supply (albeit for Iran’s own geopolitical ends). It doesn’t get more Liberal™ than this.
This is literally the kind of white liberalism that MLK criticized in his Birmingham letters - and, having spent a lot of time now dealing with the liberal hive mind here on lemmy.world, I suspect MLK had put his finger on something that is far, far more dangerous and deeply-rooted than the left wants to believe.
I’m 1000% with you. I probably just don’t understand enough context of the Middle East conflict to see where he did what you’re saying.
How are you inferring that about their views on Palestinian resistance? Are the Houthis like Hamas or something and he’s saying it’s wrong that anyone would support them?
I’ll be honest, I upvoted that comment because I agree with the idea that people might change labels and not actually change their beliefs or how they come to conclusions. I’m removing the upvote now though because I clearly didn’t understand it entirely and I’ve learned I’m not the biggest fan of neo-liberalism. I still want to be able to comprehend what they wrote better so that’s why I’m asking.
Edit: I also find it weird to say everyone/most people that disagree with me are fake and malicious. I’d be inclined to assume they’re just ignorant or whatever. There’s a lot to learn to be a good leftist, imo!
Are the Houthis like Hamas or something and he’s saying it’s wrong that anyone would support them?
Think about what this would look like during WW2. Would rooting for the Soviets to win the battle of Stalingrad make you a Stalinist or even a tankie? Of course it wouldn’t - you are just cogniscent of the fact that things would actually get a whole lot worse if the Soviets lose. But that won’t stop a whole bunch of fascists (and their liberal sympathizers) from pretending that you are. Not much has changed about that.
When someone is dropping bombs on your neighborhood and murdering people like you right in front of your eyes you don’t get the luxury of waiting for a squeaky-clean and Hollywood-perfect organisation to hand out AKs and Semtex - you have to go with what is there. And a lot of what is there aren’t the nicest of people because the nicer people either don’t have the logistic support to give you anything or are simply dead. If the old PLO (Palestinian Liberation Organization - which was a lot more nationalistic than Hamas) was still around, these same liberals would be hysterically demonizing them in this scenario, too.
There’s a lot to learn to be a good leftist, imo!
Not much point in being a “good leftist” (whatever that may mean) in my opinion - I’d rather say be a “good at it” leftist.
That makes a lot of sense. I appreciate the explanation and WW2 comparison.
That last bit was a light joke. When I’ve asked others questions in the past I’ve been met with hostility; some people seem to act as though a lot of this stuff is obvious. Maybe it is for some, or I’m just a bit dense
When I’ve asked others questions in the past I’ve been met with hostility;
It’s a gigantic weak spot when it comes to the online left - a lot of people learn new thngs that make them angry, but haven’t learnt enough not to be toxic about it - leading to what some has called the “Circular Firing Squad” effect. We all go through it, I guess.
The fact that there genuinely are a lot of bad actors feigning “leftism” online doesn’t make it any easier.
Think about what this would look like during WW2. Would rooting for the Soviets to win the battle of Stalingrad make you a Stalinist or even a tankie? Of course it wouldn’t - you are just cogniscent of the fact that things would actually get a whole lot worse if the Soviets lose. But that won’t stop a whole bunch of fascists (and their liberal sympathizers) from pretending that you are. Not much has changed about that.
The guy who desperately bought time for Britain to rearm against the fascist menace and who even noted warmonger Churchill said he understood? I didn’t realize you thought so highly of Biden! I withdraw my question.
Judging the means by which the colonized resists their colonizers is pretty much liberalism on a stick. Resisting colonialism in real life is not Ewoks, Millenium Falcons and happy endings. It’s nasty, messy and brutal.
This user literally expected Palestinians to wait for the west’s pearl-clutching to stave off Israel’s genocide - you know, that thing that has failed to stop Israel for decades now - instead of accepting the logistics and support Iran is obviously willing to supply (albeit for Iran’s own geopolitical ends). It doesn’t get more Liberal™ than this.
This is literally the kind of white liberalism that MLK criticized in his Birmingham letters - and, having spent a lot of time now dealing with the liberal hive mind here on lemmy.world, I suspect MLK had put his finger on something that is far, far more dangerous and deeply-rooted than the left wants to believe.
I’m 1000% with you. I probably just don’t understand enough context of the Middle East conflict to see where he did what you’re saying.
How are you inferring that about their views on Palestinian resistance? Are the Houthis like Hamas or something and he’s saying it’s wrong that anyone would support them?
I’ll be honest, I upvoted that comment because I agree with the idea that people might change labels and not actually change their beliefs or how they come to conclusions. I’m removing the upvote now though because I clearly didn’t understand it entirely and I’ve learned I’m not the biggest fan of neo-liberalism. I still want to be able to comprehend what they wrote better so that’s why I’m asking.
Edit: I also find it weird to say everyone/most people that disagree with me are fake and malicious. I’d be inclined to assume they’re just ignorant or whatever. There’s a lot to learn to be a good leftist, imo!
Think about what this would look like during WW2. Would rooting for the Soviets to win the battle of Stalingrad make you a Stalinist or even a tankie? Of course it wouldn’t - you are just cogniscent of the fact that things would actually get a whole lot worse if the Soviets lose. But that won’t stop a whole bunch of fascists (and their liberal sympathizers) from pretending that you are. Not much has changed about that.
When someone is dropping bombs on your neighborhood and murdering people like you right in front of your eyes you don’t get the luxury of waiting for a squeaky-clean and Hollywood-perfect organisation to hand out AKs and Semtex - you have to go with what is there. And a lot of what is there aren’t the nicest of people because the nicer people either don’t have the logistic support to give you anything or are simply dead. If the old PLO (Palestinian Liberation Organization - which was a lot more nationalistic than Hamas) was still around, these same liberals would be hysterically demonizing them in this scenario, too.
Not much point in being a “good leftist” (whatever that may mean) in my opinion - I’d rather say be a “good at it” leftist.
That makes a lot of sense. I appreciate the explanation and WW2 comparison.
That last bit was a light joke. When I’ve asked others questions in the past I’ve been met with hostility; some people seem to act as though a lot of this stuff is obvious. Maybe it is for some, or I’m just a bit dense
It’s a gigantic weak spot when it comes to the online left - a lot of people learn new thngs that make them angry, but haven’t learnt enough not to be toxic about it - leading to what some has called the “Circular Firing Squad” effect. We all go through it, I guess.
The fact that there genuinely are a lot of bad actors feigning “leftism” online doesn’t make it any easier.
Hey, what’s your opinion on Biden again?
Sure you want to go down this road? You know it ends with Biden being compared to Chamberlain, right?
The guy who desperately bought time for Britain to rearm against the fascist menace and who even noted warmonger Churchill said he understood? I didn’t realize you thought so highly of Biden! I withdraw my question.
LOL!
I didn’t realize the slender thread of hope you are hagning onto was this threadbare. Will it even last you till November?