re: Non leftists that are Pro Palestinian

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I have no problem with what Israel is doing. They are fighting a war against barbarians that use human shields.

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Yeah bro. Hamas should have remained on their military bases in a place the size of New Orleans with 3 times the population.

You can say they shouldn’t fight, but the human shields argument is irrelevant. They have nowhere to go that isn’t human shielded.

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Why is Gaza the world’s largest open air prison? Israel pulled out almost 20 years ago

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Yeah bro. They pulled out and then built a 30’ tall wall all the way around it, created a full military blockade, don’t allow authorized exit, don’t allow an airport or seaport, hell don’t even let them fish more than a couple miles offshore. Totally not an open air prison.

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they’ve been under hamas’ rule since.

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Something the Israeli government encouraged and facilitated. In fact they were a large part of creating the group in the first place.

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If hamas didn’t constantly launch rockets or send suicide bombers into Israel, maybe Gaza’s borders would be as open as ours.

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If they weren’t herded into a huge refugee camp with no hope of ever improving their circumstances, maybe they wouldn’t resort to terrorism?



This is why you started this thread and seem genuinely confused. Why would smart people you respect in other areas say Hamas talking points? Well maybe they aren’t Hamas talking points, and maybe it is you who regurgitates talking points. Everything you said was the laziest, most cliche talking point in the book and you wrapped them all into one.