Posts by igloo
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What kind of nonsense did you write?
Palestine was part of British Empire who fought against Nazi Germany and ended up winning the WW2
Then a lot of Jews fled to England from all over Europe. Then they wanted to get rid of them, since they were too many of them. Uganda was the suggested land to relocate Jews, because “promised” land where now Palestine is located should’ve been given to them when doomsday will come. But British Empire decided to relocate Jews to Palestine. So in 1948 almost overnight 700k Palestinians were expelled from Palestine and became refugees. Israel shouldn’t have existed in the first place.
I will give you an example. If someone broke into your house and claimed that he lived there 2000 years ago, so house is mine and kicked you out, what would you do? You will gladly accept and will be a hobo?
Palestine was always a victim.
Hamas was created by Israel themselves, so blame Israel not Palestinians.
This is also a pretty massive oversimplification though...entirely ignoring the perpetual Jewish plight; that they had been continually forced out of the Middle East by oppression and persecution; that the Jewish were already beginning to migrate back to Jerusalem in the late 1800s forward, in large part because of oppression from Muslim and Christian nations; that Palestinians, supported by neighboring nations started hostilities prior to the establishing of Israel, forcing an escalation to force, etc. Sure, ideally European nations and Muslim nations should never have been antisemitic, but they were. Of course it would have been better if Jews could have just lived anywhere without being oppressed, but clearly that wasn't the case. So what is the solution? It's not as easy as just saying, 'make everyone stop being antisemitic in Europe so all the Jews can live here'.
I am not attempting to justify Israel's oppression of Palestinians, nor their present genocide. I find all this horrible. I agree, honestly, that the Israeli government is the primary actor responsible for the rise of Hamas. Sure, various Muslim nations have significant roles in that as well, as does the US for its Cold-War style one-sided support, but Israel is still the primary one responsible imo. However, I am saying that extending that and trying to simplify history to say that there was zero reason for a safe state for Jewish people to live in to be made, and that there was no logic in saying that place should be Jerusalem is just ahistorical. All this is also without getting into justifications for statehood and the philosophical arguments around that because that's a whole other pile of issues that, while relevant, I don't think is necessary to show why Israel as a concept is quite distinct from a classical invading colonizer.
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Be pretty wild for them to kill 2 people(the shooter and an attendee) and shoot near the head of the guy they're doing all this for.
Like fuck Trump but c'mon man, don't be a conspiracy theorist. People have been talking about assassinating him online for over half a decade, let's not act like it's such a shocker that a person decided to be the one to try it.
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It's a very complex issue. If someone is ignorant of the racist assumptions they hold and don't consciously believe in qualitative differences based on ethnicity or skin color, obviously that person will take offense if they're called racist. I mean you probably would too(wouldn't want to assume as some people have enough epistemic humility to acknowledge they could very well be ignorant). That does make educating someone about ways in which they have bought into racist arguments and assumptions quite difficult, and it can feel like they are even more resistant to change than someone who embraces racist arguments wholeheartedly.
There's also the issue of defining an individual one way or another based on a subset of beliefs that, for the case of an 'ignorant racist' I would have to assume don't include the principal defining belief. How many racist premises or arguments do that have to have bought into to be coined a racist? When people feel their entire being is attacked, particularly in a stigmatized way, they will tend to react all the worse for it. At the same time, the goal is obviously not to preserve peoples' egos but to educate them and rid the world of racism, so it's a tough dilemma.
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My take on this, not knowing nor caring about this random hater, is that bullying, harassment, defamation, and talking shit are all different things that saying negative things(that aren't accepted as true) about another person can fall under, and it's not cut and dry as to where the boundaries between these categories lie. That makes it pretty difficult when you're also dealing with implications around free speech, privacy, and freedom of information.
So it's understandable that people are going to go back and forth as to whether this is justified, especially without much actual context as to what's been said and how.
Add to this mix that online negativity, in various forms, has lead to many suicides, some of kpop figures, will naturally make this topic all the more inflammatory(for a pretty good reason mind you).
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Lmao I just posted about that on ur profile. Ig I was an hour late.
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To be fair, without the obsession with popularity this forum would be 6 feet under.
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Drew out here putting in work for Young Posse. You love to see it.
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in Korean 4 this semester so yea. Not nearly fluent rn but ill get there
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Unfortunately my least favorite of their singles so far.
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Def like it tho I do think it feels a bit stuffed in terms of the features. Could either have used like 30 more sec or 1 less feature. Still appreciate what they're doing though. A lot more interesting than being just another girl group.
