Quote (ofthevoid @ Oct 16 2023 06:40am)
One thing I can't reconcile is how in the west leading leftist organizations have responded to this. It's one thing to say I support Palestinians for XYZ, it's another to retweet flags of Hamas paragliders, which even a child understands is explicit support for Hamas (it wasn't Palestinian civilians paragliding into Israel, hello?).
Organizations like BLM have retweeted that image. Students at leading universities have used it.
The sentiment seems to be that Palestine and Hamas are resisting occupation and protracted ethnic cleansing, against a world power exponentially more resourced and capable than they are. As such, the image of a paraglider is heroic if looked at only through that lens.
When pressed further about how civilians were targeted, to include foreign nationals who aren't even Israeli, then their response seems to be that you're "focusing on the wrong things in this moment".