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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Literally just yesterday, someone responded to a comment of mine about the peace deal “there is a genocide going on, they’re just freedom fighters” in reference to Hamas. LMAO

[–] [email protected] -3 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Oh its a common sentiment on this site - that wasn't the first, or second, or third, time someone has said something similar. There's a common thing here where people look at a losing side and think it's a cause worthy of their support

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I would say that the common sentiment is that Hamas and Hezbollah are terrorist organizations, but that doesn't justify killing Palestinians indiscriminately.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

How long is your instance blocklist that this one left as a common sentiment?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Are you seriously saying people being pro-Hamas is far greater than people just being against the killing of innocent people?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Hard to tell, the latter ones are usually eerily quite or will deflect when pressed about the first one.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Usually? How often? Let's see your data. Or is this anecdotal?

[–] [email protected] -4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You were the first to claim that it is a common sentiment, burden of proof is on you mate.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'm afraid it was the other way around-

[–] [email protected] -3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

My bad, didn't scroll up all the way.

Still, asking someone for data for disagreeing with your own unsubstantiated comment seems rather disingenuous. Definitly something you want to avoid when posting with a mod tag.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I asked for data for this claim:

the latter ones are usually eerily quite or will deflect when pressed about the first one.

As for what I said being unsubstantiated, prefacing it with "I would say" should have been a clue that it was not a comment I could back up since that's what prefacing a comment with those three words means.

I notice you didn't use those words.

So, I say again, where is the data on this being a usual case?