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Some Zionist has to be scraping through that subreddit right now reporting everything possible. I didn’t even mention Hamas or explicitly support doing ANYTHING. The idea that a Palestinian person might not be ok with what israel is doing was apparently too much for the DSA subreddit lmao
I added it in there to not be presumptuous since the plight of Palestinian comrades is something that would be unfathomable to me personally, and I would completely understand whether somebody chose to or chose not to take direct action out of imminent risk to their lives. Of course I would condone anybody taking any direct action against the Zionist entity.
The comment I was originally replying to was saying something about DSA members being a problem for condoning terrorism or something which is why I used that language
The response you got from an Afghanistan vet was
so, that's who "I do not condemn or condone the actions that any Palestinian takes against Israel" resonates with
I don’t think my comment they are replying to was really that unclear about where I stand. Focusing on that small section is mincing my words to mean something that they clearly dont