Major brands that spoke out against Russia’s invasion have been reluctant to weigh in on the Israel-Palestine conflict.
    • masquenox@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      but that freedom should not come at the cost of committing war crimes themselves.

      What do you think this is? Star Wars? What did you think anti-colonialist warfare is really like in real life? It’s messy - did you really think that the French Resistance during WW2 only killed Nazis? The Allies themselves slaughtered hundreds of thousands of civilians, yet I don’t see too many people “both-siding” that conflict.

      And btw… Palestinians were minding their own business until Israel (and it’s western enablers) clocked in.

        • masquenox@lemmy.ml
          52·
          1 year ago

          Is it justified to commit warcrimes against civilians, because you’ve had warcrimes committed against you?

          You want to go and lecture people suffering colonial genocide how to resist said colonial genocide in a way that doesn’t discomfort you?

          Be my guest… hell, if you take a shipment of 7.62x39 with you, they might even have a reason to listen to you.

          I would gladly stand in opposition to that, too.

          A bit late for that, don’t you think? Just like it’s a bit late to “stand in opposition” when this particular colonial genocide began all the way back in 1949.

          Wanna know one thing that it’s never too late for? Questioning why you have been drenched in narratives surrounding Hamas’s “crimes” (real, perceived and/or invented) while you have zero context regarding the long, long list of atrocities committed by Israel since 1949 nor the even larger atrocities committed by Israel’s western backers - you know… the same backers that are drenching you in these narratives?

          It’s never too late to figure out who it is that is manipulating you - and why.

            • masquenox@lemmy.ml
              41·
              1 year ago

              Way to avoid the question

              I’m not avoiding the question - you are avoiding the entire reality of the situation. The colonized does not require your approval or oversight to wage war against colonizers.

              devising a workable solution to the inherent complexities that exist between the two countries.

              What complexities? Why are people all of a sudden pretending that western colonialism - and the resistance against it - is suddenly a “new” thing?

              (the impetus for which I can only guess)

              Again… there is no mystery here - Israel has always been a western-backed colonialist project. No ifs, ands or buts. Where is the mystery?

              but escalation via killing uninvolved civilians

              If we cared about “civilians,” wouldn’t we be concerned about colonialism in the first place? No? Then I guess we’re only concerned when said “civilians” belonging to the colonizer side start dying, eh?

  • jet@hackertalks.comEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Agreeing with the other poster, it’s a catch-22 from a corporate perspective. If they make any position they’re going to alienate the other side, both sides are extremely vocal. There’s nothing that can be said from a corporate friendly perspective that would help the corporation. So they’re not going to say anything.

    Hell look at McDonald’s… Different franchises went different on this position, and they’re fighting each other. The brand is eating itself. There’s no way a corporation wants to weigh in on this