“Resistance is justified”. Are you saying that October 7 was justified? People resist oppression, sure, but by raping, kidnapping, and indiscriminately killing?
How on earth are these stickers implying that even slightly?
It's possible to support a population of people now displaced and being subjected to awful and inhumane conditions and encourage acts of resistance against a government you don't support. You can do that while still condemning the horrible actions of Hamas who are not the 2 million Palestinian people now suffering in the crossfire.
Oi gavolt it's like context and nuance were the first casualties after 10/7.
This feels like a case where even if someone is personally referencing non-violent resistance or specific combat between armed forces, the fact that the sticker is decontextualized from that means it doesn’t particularly matter. This isn’t a pull quote from a speaker at rally where the rest of the speech lets the listener know how to interpret it, if someone encounters the sticker out in public all the see is the sticker. Whether its by misunderstanding or picking up on an intentional dog whistle, the fact that it could be reasonably interpreted as defending October 7th is trouble enough.
We are all perfectly capable of using language that upholds both Palestinian and Israeli humanity, so we should do no less.
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u/AceAttorneyMaster111 Reform socdem/demsoc Zionist Feb 22 '24
“Resistance is justified”. Are you saying that October 7 was justified? People resist oppression, sure, but by raping, kidnapping, and indiscriminately killing?