• rivermonster@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    First, I definitely think you are right that they’re victims of propaganda. And then I ask myself, would that knowledge have me feel less recriminations to someone in the Klan who bought into their propaganda and lynched a man? And the answer, for me personally, is no.

    No, I’m responding to the recent poll, the current best data we have.

    According to the poll results, some 59% of respondents indicated that they “extremely support” Hamas’ actions on Oct. 7, with another 16% saying that they “somewhat support” them.

    Those figures are roughly in line with overall support for Hamas, with the poll finding that a cumulative 76% of respondents hold either a “very positive” or “somewhat positive” view of the group when asked to rank their support for a list of Palestinian political parties.

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/palestinian-poll-finds-strong-support-for-hamas-oct-7-attacks-river-to-the-sea-state/ar-AA1k6mEx

    Lots of sources have reported on it. If you don’t like that one you can find mNy more.

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      1 year ago

      And then I ask myself, would that knowledge have me feel less recriminations to someone in the Klan who bought into their propaganda and lynched a man? And the answer, for me personally, is no.

      That’s where you draw a fictional strawman, one that isn’t you, and claim that you would be far more righteous and not fall for it.

      It’s strange how you would refer to a recent poll, promoted by the IDF but yet fundamentally queried by Palestinian government, yet at the same time the IDF completely disregards (and yet doesn’t offer its own number) for the casualty numbers provided by Palestine. It reeks of cherry picking the numbers that suit your argument.

      Israel have, so far, killed more than 10x the number of people Hamas did in one day. When is enough, enough?

      How many Palestinian civilians need to die before Israel is satisfied?