• shawn1122@sh.itjust.works
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    10 hours ago

    Denying Palestinians a communal identity has always been a key approach to dehumanization within Western discourse.

    The Western world has historically tied itself into knots justifying horrific atrocities like the Atlantic slave trade while trying to present itself as a champion of personal freedoms.

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      7 hours ago

      Indeed. And also he is putting a few people who have a relative guarding the concentration camp on the same level of suffering as the people in the concentration camp undergoing a Holocaust. This is not a both sides moment.