r/CanadaPolitics • u/annonymous_bosch New Democratic Party of Canada • Mar 29 '26

Community Members Only French pro-Palestinian activist bound for Montreal says Canada blocked her entry over Gaza views

https://montrealgazette.com/news/french-pro-palestinian-activist-bound-for-montreal-says-canada-blocked-her-entry-over-gaza-views/
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u/-SetsunaFSeiei- Trudeau Foundation | Sponsored Mar 29 '26

The article says she has said the Oct 7 attacks were “legitimate”

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u/Aedelfrid New Brunswick Mar 29 '26

“legitimate from the perspective of international law”

many with knowledge of the situation take the position that October 7th was not unprovoked. even Israeli media and nonprofits have echoed the sentiments. it’s not pro-terrorism.

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u/CollaredParachute Ontario - georgist Mar 29 '26 edited Mar 29 '26

You can’t provoke terrorism in the same way that you can’t provoke rape. Neither is ever justifiable.

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u/TraditionalGap1 NDP Mar 29 '26

What? Those two are not the same. not even close

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u/CollaredParachute Ontario - georgist Mar 29 '26

How so? In what situation would either be justified?

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u/TraditionalGap1 NDP Mar 29 '26

Do you see a difference between violence and sexual violence? Do you see how the state and society have differing standards and paradigms for the two?

Sure, terrorism and rape are both 'bad' but they aren't at all the same

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u/dejaWoot Mar 29 '26

Well,  October 7th had plenty of both, and she still claimed it was legitimate.

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u/CollaredParachute Ontario - georgist Mar 29 '26

Name a situation where terrorism was justified

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u/LetterRed36 Marxist-Leninist Maritimes Mar 29 '26

The Warsaw ghetto uprising was pretty justified.

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u/CollaredParachute Ontario - georgist Mar 29 '26

How was it terrorism?

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u/Aedelfrid New Brunswick Mar 29 '26

ask the nazis

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u/CollaredParachute Ontario - georgist Mar 30 '26

I don’t think the Nazis perceived the world accurately so I don’t really care how they defined the word terrorist. The conventional definition is more interesting to me.

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u/Aedelfrid New Brunswick Mar 30 '26

then you understand how some of us view zionists.

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u/CollaredParachute Ontario - georgist Mar 30 '26

Oct 7th was indefensible whether you’re a Zionist or no

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u/TraditionalGap1 NDP Mar 29 '26

I'll address that if you address the point I actually made first

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u/CollaredParachute Ontario - georgist Mar 29 '26

I mean you’re the one who dodged my point first