• Drusas@kbin.social
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    11 months ago

    This is backwards. The vast majority of people, certainly here on the internet, support the Palestinians. Especially young people, even when you are looking outside of the internet.

    Meanwhile, almost everybody seems to have forgotten about the plight of the Ukrainians.

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        11 months ago

        Generally speaking, be upset when super shitty things happen to people regardless of nationality.

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          10 months ago

          I’ve been upset since the moment I saw the people in Yemen starve. They’re not in a good position but I can’t do shit so worrying about it only hurts me.

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            11 months ago

            Worrying isn’t about hurting other people. It’s about being emotionally invested in the world around you, a process that requires negative emotions.

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          11 months ago

          The people who claim Lemmy users aren’t assholes like Reddit users are the ones downvoting this comment.

          Eta. When I made this comment the one above was at -5 and that’s confusing to me.

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      I’m not sure if you’re right: https://www.reuters.com/world/us-public-support-israel-drops-majority-backs-ceasefire-reutersipsos-2023-11-15/ – and that’s almost 2 months old, support for Israel has probably not gone up.

      Ukraine is getting way too little support though from everyone, that’s true. I think what they need is weapons and additional financial pressure against Russia, not like angry retweets and memes. Those are pretty much the modern equivalent of thoughts and prayers.

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      11 months ago

      I don’t think support of the Palestinians was that clear even a few weeks ago. At least in relation to current events. Opinions were in a lot of flux

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      11 months ago

      I think they’re talking about the tankies, who love Russia and think Ukraine had it coming.