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BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee 2 years agoIsrael played a pretty heavy role in the creation of Hamas. It’s not that simple here
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BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee 2 years agoIsrael played a pretty heavy role in the creation of Hamas. It’s not that simple here
man_in_space@kbin.social 2 years ago
And the Founding Fathers in the United States created the situation of slavery in the South as a power play. Doesn’t make the South any less culpable for their misdeeds.
BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee 2 years ago
I see what you’re trying to do but that’s very much a false equivalence. It’s more akin to the US’ role in the creation of the Taliban (among many, many other orgs)
man_in_space@kbin.social 2 years ago
How is it a false equivalence? The Constitution literally said that Black people were 60% of a person. The South chose officials who enforced and fought tooth and nail to subjugate Blacks (Bleeding Kansas, anyone?).
The South had to go. (Or do you consider them a poor, marginalized population for what the Union did to them?)
BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee 2 years ago
Enlighten me, what similar situations are happening with Israel and Palestine that makes this comparison relevant? The politics and history around slavery in the US are completely different than this