One time a actual professor of history said something to me like, "If you read just a little bit about the Israel-Palestine conflict, you'll sympathize with Israel. If you read a bit more, you'll come to sympathize with Palestine. If you get to a level of expertise you'll come to realize there's no simple solution and it's too complex of a situation to even understand."

Yeah fuck that, free Palestine.

[–] BanMeFromPosting@hexbear.net 6 points 1 day ago

"Theres no simple solution" is such an annoying thing to say. Yes there is. There's no nice solution for Liberal Zionists, because they have to handwring about the genocide they support, and they definitely would not enjoy giving Palestinians political authority. But both solutions are simple.

Liberals need some number fuckery to feel like something is working. For some reason they cannot believe giving homes to the homeless, food to the starving, landback or any other simple solution, would work. Ironically they hold a childs' worldview, though it is that of a 9-year old that likes to feel smarter than their younger siblings.

[–] la_tasalana_intissari_mata@hexbear.net 29 points 2 days ago

if you read just a little bit, you'll sympathize with Palestine. If you read a bit more, you'll support the Palestinian resistance. If you get to a level of expertise you'll come to realize حماس المجد بتلالي وتعلي الراية الخضرة الراية في السما عالي حماس المجد يا ثورة

[–] Inui@hexbear.net 25 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

This is kind of a litmus test for me if I'm going to get along with someone. Like, can you just condemn a bad thing, please? If your intellectual masturbation gets you to the point of going "well, it's complicated" after seeing the amount of death and destruction with your own eyes, then someone needs to burn every book you own and take away your computer.

Chinese Buddhists back in the day thought people were getting their heads too high in the clouds, so encouraged reading less and doing more to the point of burning their own texts and idols.