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Nicaragua accused Berlin of "facilitating" genocide by selling over $300m worth of weapons to Israel.

Archived version: https://archive.ph/j2l76

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Germany going to find out the hard way that bullying people into compliance by slandering them as antisemites isn't always going to work.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I just love how this whole thing has been turned into a political football.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

So you're saying this whole thing shouldn't be a conversation that is highly relevant to Governments?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'm not complaining about people talking about it, I'm complaining about how the response to it has mostly amounted to people trying to score political points by showing how loyal they are to their team's position.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (2 children)

to their team’s position.

Their team of.... anti-genocide?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The team of calling it a genocide in the first place.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

There have been plenty of statements from people in the Israeli government about wanting to "wipe out" Palestinians, but okay, let's set that aside. What was it, 46% of the people Israel has killed have been children? So let's call it the team of anti-killing children.

The people "trying to score points for their teams position" are the ones trying to downplay the atrocity that's happening.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

"You're just in favor of the rights and dignity of your fellow man because your TEAM is" is one hell of a take lol.

I wonder if they'd have said the same to abolitionists 200 years ago..

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

Its not even ruled that Israels actions constitute a genocide. This is completely ridiculous.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Germany be on the Right Side of History challenge (Impossible)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

Germany is always on the right (wing) side of history!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

As if we gave a single shit lol.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yeah youse love being Nazis.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (2 children)

No, but we just don't give a fuck about such accusations.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

Exactly. That's your problem. You should do.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

You should, since they're demonstrably 100% factual.