• @i_ben_fine
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      439 months ago

      So… she didn’t say that. Those words are very different.

      • @CaptPretentious@lemmy.world
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        159 months ago

        Well, that’s your choice to side with her on that. A lot of people are interpreting it as 1) a terrible time to try to be funny and 2) can easily be interpreted as support for Hamas, until she got a ton of backlash and it started to cost her money and then she ‘totes didn’t mean it that way, just a prank, for realz!’

        • @xad@lemmy.ml
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          9 months ago

          It really is a choice to claim someone said something which they did not actually say at all.

          Saying “they said x and I think they meant y” is entirely different from claiming “they said y” while knowing they in fact said x.

          This is not controversial. Interpretations are fine, actively crafting disinformation is not.

          • @SoleInvictus@lemmy.world
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            9 months ago

            That was her mistake - the comment was too vague, so the media jumped on it, skewed the narrative, took that skewed narrative and grossly exaggerated it further, and denounced her as pro-Hamas. It’s obvious to see with even a little bit of reading and it’s both frightening and disgusting.

            • @atetulo@lemm.ee
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              139 months ago

              Uhh, no. It was not her mistake that biased media outlets with an agenda say she said something while not actually reporting the exact thing she said.

              It’s bad journalism, but I don’t think anyone expects reputable journalists to take this matter seriously.

            • @jj4211@lemmy.world
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              49 months ago

              No, that one comment was not vague, the only active “fighters” to be called “freedom fighters” were Hamas.

              There is no ambiguity, no vagueness.

              • @SoleInvictus@lemmy.world
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                39 months ago

                There is absolutely ambiguity, it just doesn’t suit your worldview (or similar) so you lie. It’s your right to lie, but just know that anyone who isn’t dogmatic knows you’re lying.

    • @atetulo@lemm.ee
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      119 months ago

      Hmm. That’s actually not that bad.

      It’s nice to see original sources for things. Everyone likes to twist and distort reality to support their agenda.

      • @assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world
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        9 months ago

        Who are the Palestinian freedom fighters she’s referring to?

        Edit: She clarifies she means the civilians. It’s an awful choice of wording, but I can give her the benefit of the doubt.