Our Reporter Got Into Gaza. He Witnessed a Famine of Israel’s Making.
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To walk into a war zone is brave. To walk into a genocide is ...
You don't simply walk into a genocide
White privilege.
Afeef Nessouli
Source
Lebanese people are white - https://lebanesestudies.ncsu.edu/news/2014/11/20/how-the-lebanese-became-white/
How is this article about the Lebanese community gaining "white" status in the Jim Crow south relevant in order to become a naturalized citizen relevant to our discussion.
It is infinitely infuriating when some middling engagement with the material presents a loose keyword match of the topic at hand masquerading it as something relevant worthy of a "gotcha ya" moment. Citing this article in this context is a waste of everyone's time when the whole of your argument is "Lebanese people are white". It didn't matter to to racists then and it doesn't now.
This happened in 1929. They were declared "free white men" in 1913.
Tbf he does look pretty white
Looks pretty middle eastern to me
I would say very.
what the hell is your problem?
I get your intention, but it's not the case here.
Imagine the fear, waiting for food distribution, surrounded by the enemy that has been indiscriminately killing your people for years, nay decades.
Calling this humanitarian aid is "Ministry of Truth" level cynicism.
Further:
There it is again. Government-funded terror and mass murder under the guise of humanitarian aid.
Archived Link: https://archive.is/fXy7A
And nothing will be done to stop this tragedy.
The left are filled with toothless pacifist pussies impotently waving signs while waggling their fingers uselessly at openly aggressive fascists, and the right are filled with wealthy cartoon villains exploiting people openly with zero consequences.
Yup, it's always the fault of the left when a right wing fascist government commits genocide
And what the fuck are you doing?
I'm really tempted to say your mother right now, but also seriously nothing because it's an entire fucking culture of people leveraging all the resources of their whole nation-state perpetrating this on the other side of the planet so you and I are actually powerless.
"All the impotent left do is protest" he says while admitting to feeling too impotent to even protest.
Sounds like you need to work up to at least "protesting in the face of overwhelming opposition" before you chastise the protestors for not doing even more in the face of overwhelming opposition.
Fair enough. I'll go out an join the finger waggling (serious) and wave signs and chant. That's all I can do though, is support the movement. You got me with facing the opposition, because that sounds brave and i respect it.
I love this! Good on you, hope to see you on the streets!