• jordanlund@lemmy.world
    914·
    8 days ago

    The weird part for me is I know people in Lebanon who were struggling to survive under the previous illegal occupations by Israel, I’ve stated on multiple occasions that Israel has been committing war crimes in Lebanon, Gaza, the West Bank and Golan for DECADES now and if the average American knew 1/2 of the shit they do, we’d be up in arms.

    But somehow that makes me a zionist? LOL.

    Here’s a personal story… I had a Lebanese roommate for years, had bullet holes in his legs from being shot by the Iraelis when he was a teenager. He was here on refugee status, got his citizenship, I went to his wedding, he came to mine. We’re that close.

    One of his brothers is a doctor in Southern Lebanon. Not this illegal occupation, or the one before that, I think it was 2 or 3 illegal occupations ago, it’s hard to keep track…

    Anyway… it was a regular occurance that Israeli soldiers would show up at his house in the middle of the night, drag him out at gunpoint, tell him if he resisted he would be killed, haul him off to treat some Palestinian prisoner they couldn’t otherwise be bothered with, then dump him at the side of the road like so much trash when they had no more use for him.

    Until the next time…

    But I can’t tell that to the folks who are convinced I’m a zionist. Maybe I should put it up on a Substack blog first? 🤔

    • PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat
      126·
      8 days ago

      Yeah. That’s how talking points work. They pick some type of accusation or claim that serves the purpose they want to accomplish, and they just keep hammering. It doesn’t need to be true. It needs to be emotionally resonant in some way, and it needs to just be repeated with a lot of force and conviction behind it, from a lot of different sources. Eventually, it’ll take hold, because the internet is a wild and mostly fact-free place.

      I think it’s why they got so excited when this original post got removed, and why they are still here making noise about it. They’re going to milk this for as much as they can, to try to paint as much of the picture as they can while the opportunity is available. I realize I sound like some kind of conspiracy theorist but at this point I’m pretty solidly convinced of it.

      • jordanlund@lemmy.world
        512·
        8 days ago

        I’m going to give them slightly more credit than you do… I don’t really see it as a conspiracy theory.

        YPTB is made up, largely, of angsty kids who are of the opinion “fuck your rules”. They are anarchists who don’t feel communities should have any moderation AT ALL.

        They aren’t upset at MY moderation, they chafe at ANY moderation.

        It’s generally not personal for them, it’s a reaction to being told by the adult in the room “No, we don’t allow that here.”

        9 times out of 10? I just dismiss their complaints with a subtle jerking off motion, which is all they deserve.

        • _cryptagion [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          86·
          8 days ago

          Yeah, we’re angsty anarchists for sure. Which is why leftists fight in the streets, while liberals stay in the tweets. You finally said something that wasn’t bullshit!