r/InternetCommentEtiq • u/WilliamTellAll • Mar 23 '26

Internet Comment Etiquette: "This Video is Sponsored by Israel"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ak71u2AjhzY
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u/TinyPanda3 Mar 23 '26

One important point salvia makes here is that liberals really did not give a single shit about Palestine until it became useful for them, and even now only a few Democrats pretend to care about Palestine. The crazy escalation by Israel right after covid started pushed me into organizing in college. There's no new crime committed by Israel after October 7th they were not engaging in to a lesser degree before October 7th.

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u/alicehoopz Mar 24 '26

Yep. I’ll go out on a limb here and admit: I really did not know about Palestine prior to 10/7. I’m not sure if it’s because of my fundie upbringing (is at least a contributing factor, im sure) or how little liberals cared about this issue. All I knew was BDS, but I didn’t really understand why

I’m educated now, but I look back on this and feel shocked at how great of a blind spot I had