Journalists around the world expressed outrage Monday over the Israeli military's killing of a teenage Palestinian reporter who continued showing the world the destruction of Gaza despite threats to his life—and at the Western media's silence on the story.Hassan Hamad, 19, whose work appeared on Al ...
  • TacoEventEnglish
    14·
    3 months ago

    Nobody wants to die. It takes a lot for someone to risk death to make a statement. It’s a feeling I will never be able to fully understand because I’m not there living this reality with him.

    Another way of putting it — saying “be smarter” is like telling a minimum wage worker to stop spending money on lattes and they’ll become rich.

    • 1984@lemmy.today
      113·
      3 months ago

      That’s exactly my point. Being smarter means people don’t die…

      • TacoEventEnglish
        2·
        3 months ago

        You’re thinking too rationally. It is nigh impossible to be rational in a situation where you are hungry, tired, and could die at any moment from a drone strike.

        What does “be smarter” even mean? Move out of Gaza?

        • 1984@lemmy.today
          11·
          3 months ago

          No and I can explain, but this downvoting leads to no desire to do so… :)

          Lemmy is awful for discussions actually.

          • TacoEventEnglish
            2·
            3 months ago

            🤷 I wouldn’t fret the downvotes too much. Unlike Reddit it means practically nothing here. It bothers you a whole lot more than it bothers me.

            IMO, the least interesting conversations are ones where everyone agrees. When opinions differ, the real tragedy is when we stop listening to the other side.

            For what it’s worth, I’m more than happy to keep listening.