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comehithercornking · 1 month

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People are sometimes so quick to forgive historical figures with the argument of them being a “product of their times” and saying we know better now. So like. Where are the people who know better now? They certainly aren’t in our governments, because if we knew better Israel wouldn’t be committing genocide with the support of multiple world leaders. This is no different from the displacement and genocide of the Native American people, the Inuit, the Aboriginal Australians—I could literally go on and on. The only difference between us and our ancestors is that our weapons of mass destruction are more effective.

#free palestine #palestine #don’t stop talking about palestine #how can you look someone inn the eyes and say you’re different while allowing genocide #there is nothing I hate more than hypocrisy #not to mention the current criminalization of peaceful protests across college campuses #when did free speech and the right to assemble become conditional upon politics?#one would think the purpose of free speech would be to grant people the ability to speak out against injustices #and a corrupt political system #funny how ‘free speech’ is so lauded and defended when someone is committing hate speech #but the second someone thinks a little too critically about governmental actions they’re branded unconstitutional and can be detained #it’s not free speech if criticizing a governmental body is criminalized while bigotry and oppression is given free range

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