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Trump wants Jordan and Egypt to accept more refugees and floats plan to 'just clean out' Gaza
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Some other asshole told someone with a trans kid that they should care about Palestinians more than their son.
And when I pointedly asked that person (as I often do in these situations) what specifically they have done about this genocide other than berate people for not caring as much as they do, they did not answer. I never get an answer. As if it's a challenge to send form letters to politicians, but they don't even bother doing that. Easier to sit on their ass and tell other people how awful they are.
Yeah, the Israeli or Russian troll farms that were driving this whole thing and providing the slogans and snappy comebacks have achieved their goal and left now. So now the confused kids that are left don't have any snappy comebacks anymore, except to repeatedly take digs at LGBTQ+ people and reveal the real reason they were drawn into this.
Amusingly enough, right after I posted that, they responded to me again and told me they refused to tell me what they are doing about the genocide because it would get rid of their anonymity.
Unless they are literally in a militant group fighting Israel, that's a stupid as fuck excuse. And even then, "I am in a militant group in Gaza and fighting Israel" doesn't let anyone know who they are.
Yes necessarily. There is literally no way for us to find out who that person is. No way at all.
Well, a considerable proportion of these users are likely trolls/propagandists trying to fracture the non-fascists even more. It's worth remembering that many people who protested against the Democratic Party's approach to Israel voted for them anyway because they thought it was still the better alternative. There are true assholes in the world too of course, including pro-palestine ones, there are in any movement, but there is a risk that they are exaggerated and made to seem more common through the work of propagandists.
I have probably spent the equivalent of weeks since this genocide began working with JVP, spending 4-5 hours a week making phone calls, sending form emails, showing up to my representative's district office and talk directly to his staff, etc. I am dealing with two chronic illnesses and a bunch of other shit and I can still make the time and the effort. Other than going to their office, I would barely call it effort.
And every single time I ask people like this what they have done, they either don't answer or do what this moron I am mentioning just did a few minutes ago and claim that if they say what they are doing, it would get rid of their anonymity.
They clearly aren't willing to even send the form letters I mentioned, despite them being readily available, complete with lists of email and snail mail addresses to send them to. Sending one a month would be more than they are currently doing.