Because it would allow people to push narratives and not get called out if they block everyone against them.

Imagine a civil transphobe pushing some narrative that flies below the radar of whatever mods are moderating that comm. If they block all the trans users they cannot get called out on their stuff anymore.

I think there was some discourse on this on black mastodon?

Just fyi this is the society you’re asking them to make peace with

For context Likud was the first party that dethroned the so-called “labor” party in 1977. Prior to that the “labor” party would always lead the regime. The liKKKud platform at the time had as its first point:

a. The right of the Jewish people to the land of Israel is eternal and indisputable and is linked with the right to security and peace; therefore, Judea and Samaria will not be handed to any foreign administration; between the Sea and the Jordan there will only be Israeli sovereignty.

https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/original-party-platform-of-the-likud-party

The destruction of the palestinian people was always part of their plan.

woah calm down there

Thats actually true fair point

Yes the colonized can free themselves by making peace with the colonizer 🙄, see for example: the us, canada, australia, south africa.

But I’m very certain there are people who want to consume thoughtfully and also support Israel (and there is no contradiction in this that I can see).

how can you consume thoughtfully and support a genocidal entity, it seems like an open contradiction to me

Why is it not ok to buy from the US but it is ok to buy from an occupation regime that is currently starving, maiming and shooting children? Genuinely curious, the occupation regime of west palestines evil is way more out in the open than the US’s.

Gonna copy my comment here as well

Europe is a major buyer of goods produced in Occupied Palestine. The Occupation regime of west palestine gets material support for their ongoing genocide through tariffs and taxes on these products. Buying products labelled “made in Israel [sic]” materially supports the murder and systematic starvation of children.

Further a lot of “made in europe” products source their stuff from occupied palestine, please refer to https://bdsmovement.net/ if you want to help cut off aid to the genocidal entity.

Also yeah, I think its ok to be “obsessed” with an ongoing genocide especially when it seems like everyone around me seems to have forgotten that currently there are kids being maimed, starved and shot. It’s maddening as a parent to see everyone just go about their daily lives as if nothing was happening.

Europe is a major buyer of goods produced in Occupied Palestine. The Occupation regime of west palestine gets material support for their ongoing genocide through tariffs and taxes on these products. Buying products labelled “made in Israel [sic]” materially supports the murder and systematic starvation of children.

Further a lot of “made in europe” products source their stuff from occupied palestine, please refer to https://bdsmovement.net/ if you want to help cut off aid to the genocidal entity.

From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!

Settler 🤮

I also rejected good candidates because I was convinced they would not like the job and leave in a year.

this is an important aspect that i think is overlooked, you dont want to oversell yourself when applying. If I were looking for a salesjob while hunting longterm jobs I would absolutely not tell them about my maths degree it would raisa such a huge red flag.

Ah the twice yearly post

Trans liberation: beyond pink and blue by leslie feinberg. Very insightful stories.

Commendable