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Admin of VTC praises Hamas (lemmy.ca)

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[–] Draconic_NEO@sh.itjust.works 5 points 21 hours ago

I almost forgot about Vegantheoryclub.org I remember controversy about them with !vegan@lemmy.world where one of the mods of that community was also an admin on there or had ties to the admin there and was using it to ban anyone who criticized her or downvoted her. She was posting a ton of reactionary content (some of which was misinformation) and even tried to ban LW admins from the community. They eventually booted her and she tried to use alts to add herself back but ended up getting all of them booted and then used an alt to try and create more drama.

Yeah I strongly recommend people stay away from vegantheoryclub, they're not a good instance. Their admin clearly has problems.

[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Hamas is a terrorist organization, same as the IDF, both of their beleifs depend on the extermination of the other.

I hope the peoples oppressed by these regimes can liberate themselves.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I think the biggest danger is the single sidedness of it all. You have to pick a side and then hate the other. Same thing is happening with India and Pakistan.

[–] scintilla@lemm.ee 4 points 22 hours ago

I think the biggest danger is all the people that are dead...

[–] ryedaft@sh.itjust.works -4 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Did I understand Gaza correctly that they elected Hamas but then Gaza hasn't had an election since, like, 2006? But the government keeps on ticking, trying to build hospitals, schools, have a health department and so on? Sounds like they have really stand up public servants to be honest.

But it's irrelevant who the government is because Israel will never acknowledge any Palestinian state?

[–] goat@sh.itjust.works 7 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Hamas are not building the civilian infrastructure. UNRWA is.

Don't say that Hamas are stand-up public servants.

[–] ryedaft@sh.itjust.works -2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Eh, the people running their health services seem like pretty good people. There's a difference between civil servants and the government. Even if people like Trump want to erase that distinction.

[–] goat@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

UNRWA and some of the health workers were caught participating and aiding in the massacres, as well as housing hamas militants and equipment before and after.

[–] ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 0 points 8 hours ago

See, when you say housing Hamas militants I worry that it is injured personnel you are talking about.

And when I try to find any sources I only run into a barrage of articles about what dire straits health care is in in Gaza. So you're going to have to help me out here.

[–] OmegaLemmy@discuss.online 2 points 1 day ago (8 children)

You would call the polish uprising in ww2 as bad as Hamas if it happened today

[–] goat@sh.itjust.works 4 points 15 hours ago

Not sure if that's an accurate comparison.

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