“Death of civilians is without a doubt horrible and unacceptable,” Thomson wrote in response to one of his colleagues. “However, inciting genocide by dehumanizing Palestinians is also unacceptable.”
Correct.
Everyone fiercely picking a side needs to realize both sides have done horrible stuff.
You can either pick Hamas or Isreal, or there is a third choice , humanity - where both are wrong and we need to help everyone in this conflict.
Agree 100% but there is a huuuuge power imbalance here that needs to be taken into account. As a Palestinian man said on the radio a couple of nights ago on CBC “I want to talk but first you need to take your boot off my neck”
“This message is for Dr. Ben Thomson. Remove your post regarding Israel,” a man’s voice is heard saying in the recording. “It is disgusting, you are a disgusting human being, you do not know what you’re saying, and if you do not remove it, I advise you and the rest of your staff to stay out of your office.”
I wonder if these people ever stop for a moment to consider whether they might be the bad guy?
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Did anyone commenting read the article? He literally tweeted
there have been no confirmed reports of rapes. You repeat this nonsense out of racism
Doctor denies well-documented rape, gets fired. Fully deserved. When people ask how Holocaust denial happens when the Nazis literally recorded everything, this is how.
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Adverbs are fun if you get to know more of them.
there have been no confirmed reports of rapes. You repeat this nonsense out of racism
Doctor denies well-documented rape
Was the doctor challenging the notion that the entire group was somehow responsible for the actions of its aggressive and violent representatives? The context suggests the doctor was more trying to prevent red-washing and entire group - “out of racism”, you quoted - and less excusing or trivializing the act itself.
But expecting a careful consideration of anyone’s words in debsting this conflict where people continue to vote for violent oppressors as leaders is rather a little too optimistic!
