Israel (now broader Mid East discussion)

The amount of right wing Mossad propaganda posted so very proudly here that goes largely unquestioned by the I stand with Israel above all (even my own country) types is pretty sickening.

Now don't get me wrong - it's definitely not at all surprising. So many United States citizens have been programmed to robotically defend Israel at all costs, without a single understanding of how beholden their own government is to this foreign entity. Without any understanding of why that is detrimental to their own nation. Without any understanding of how the "Hasbara" seeps into aspects of their everyday lives. Social media is the largest channel of this propaganda. Case in point with you just posting whatever random, unverifiable sheete you think will stick because a lot of the folks here will agree with you anyway.

The amount of both conservative and liberal Americans I've heard angrily defending Israel and spouting this "war is hard" and "too bad, they shouldn't have aligned with Hamas" line whenever Israel slaughters 18,000 Palestinian children but were absolutely livid with October 7th and willingly spread lies about beheaded babies (even our own President did it) tells me all that I need to know.

So often, the troll-level response I get when pointing out these clear moral discrepancies amounts to: "Well uhh..war is hard..and you must not understand it", "FIFO", and other responses to avoid having to talk in any depth about the issue. It'd be nice if we could move past that. Some have, and for those folks I am appreciative even though we may disagree...but it's frustrating to get into those prior type of discussions where there is clearly no fruitful way forward, and the attempt seems to be for likes and attention more than for an actual in-depth discussion and willingness to find truth.

I'm so thankful for the groups of Israelis and Jews who proudly and passionately speak out against this atrocity. Who speak out against their murderous thug government.

I'm so thankful for countries outside of the US where more of the population have some damned common sense -- that don't think in this juvenile "survival of the fittest" and "military supremacy" mindset when it comes to their morality and the preservation of a child's life.

And of course I'm thankful for all of my fellow citizens here in America speaking out every day against the continued attacks on the innocent and the apathy of the masses toward the suffering of "the wrong kinds of kids".

But you know what?

Even if NOT ONE Israeli spoke out against the genocide of Palestinian people in Gaza...hell, even if they ALL spoke out in SUPPORT of it...NO ONE deserves to die. Not one Isreali child deserves death for the actions of their government or militia. Not one mother deserves to be slaughtered for her husband's actions. Not one teenager deserves to be shot in the head because he showed interest in Hamas or the IDF but never joined their ranks.

We've lost a lot of our decency as a nation willingly spreading propaganda we know is hurting innocent people. It seems par for the course lately.