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Glorious bastard

(174 posts)
16. You think it will not?
Fri Oct 17, 2025, 11:48 PM
Oct 17

Do you think silence in the face of their atrocities does not empower and encourage them?

What is it in my answer that sounds suspiciously like conflating Hamas and Palestinians? What is it in my answer that sounds suspiciously at all? And what’s makes you think that I ever claimed “Palestinians voted for it”? The absence of any basis to your statements is pretty bizarre.

But let’s really expose Hamas’ lies, and let’s make the practice consistent: what specifically is objectionable about their terrorist regime, and what specifically makes you say to hell with them?

Try it and see what happens. I am pretty sure that if you alone do this, it will not make much difference. But if it is done as frequently, as consistently and as uncompromisingly by much of the people and institutions who remain silent and dismissive of Hamas’ atrocities now, you might be surprised how much it can accomplish.

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Well, that didn't take long. mwmisses4289 Oct 15 #1
Seeing Hamas and the general Palestinian population can't find a lot of their own Aussie105 Oct 16 #2
If Hamas had no bodies of hostages to return, they signed a cease fire deal in bad faith. Glorious bastard Oct 16 #3
Wrong again - as surely you know. AloeVera Oct 16 #4
How many of them were ambushed and abducted to be held for ransom and no other reason? Glorious bastard Oct 16 #6
Many of the hostages held by Israel received no trial Orrex Oct 17 #12
I'm on the side that's not Hamas n/t Polybius Oct 18 #20
Should Israel resume their bombing over corpses? Resume starving the populace? maxsolomon Oct 16 #5
Should we overlook Hamas' deceptions yet again and deflect to speculating about Israel instead? Glorious bastard Oct 17 #7
the idea that hostage bodies are unrecoverable below bombed buildings isn't outrageous. maxsolomon Oct 17 #8
Corpses of hostages are a good enough reason to demand maximum pressure on Hamas to deliver what they Glorious bastard Oct 17 #9
To this point, "maximum pressure" has meant starving 2 million people, some to death. maxsolomon Oct 17 #10
as per my post, maximum pressure on Hamas by the international community and humanitarians of all colors. Glorious bastard Oct 17 #11
Other than Netanyahu's years-long campaign of deliberate civilian murder... Orrex Oct 17 #13
For one, condemn them at least as frequently as they do Israel Glorious bastard Oct 17 #14
How will that put pressure on Hamas? And who's making excuses for them? Orrex Oct 17 #15
You think it will not? Glorious bastard Oct 17 #16
Seriously? Orrex Oct 18 #17
This is getting even more bizarre. Glorious bastard Oct 18 #18
In an unsurprising move, you resort to mischaracterizing my position. Repeatedly. Orrex Oct 18 #19
So much effort to avoid one simple question! Glorious bastard Oct 18 #21
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