Deceptichum@quokk.auM to World News@quokk.auEnglish · 2 months agoFirst Nations writer speaks out after being stripped of $15,000 State Library of Queensland award over Gaza tweetwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up124arrow-down11
arrow-up123arrow-down1external-linkFirst Nations writer speaks out after being stripped of $15,000 State Library of Queensland award over Gaza tweetwww.theguardian.comDeceptichum@quokk.auM to World News@quokk.auEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square4fedilink
minus-squareFreedomAdvocatelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down5·2 months agoShe called the Hamas leader a martyr upon his death btw. The leader of an internationally designated terrorist organisation. A martyr.
minus-squareDeceptichum@quokk.auOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·2 months agoYes, that is literally what he was. a person who is killed because of their religious or other beliefs.
minus-squareFreedomAdvocatelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down5·edit-22 months agoSo when she deleted the tweet almost immediately and then apologised and said it was the wrong word to use when asked…….? Martyr has connotations that come with it, generally that the person was standing up for good. A terrorist does not do that.
minus-squareDeceptichum@quokk.auOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoDamage control from a hostile pro-Zionist media landscape?
She called the Hamas leader a martyr upon his death btw. The leader of an internationally designated terrorist organisation. A martyr.
Yes, that is literally what he was.
So when she deleted the tweet almost immediately and then apologised and said it was the wrong word to use when asked…….?
Martyr has connotations that come with it, generally that the person was standing up for good. A terrorist does not do that.
Damage control from a hostile pro-Zionist media landscape?