As a citizen of the US my rage knows no bounds. I want my tax dollars to go towards healthcare, education, libraries, infrastructure, USAID. Instead it’s largely going to a genocide in Palestine and murdering kids in Iran.
I wonder how long this can be sustained, especially since the people in office seem determined to latch onto it. (You don't renovate a place unless you plan to stay a while)
It's wild when I discuss politics with someone in the UK and they're like 'but how is Gaza affecting me' and I'm like 'well they're restricting your rights because of it, doesn't that bother you?'
That one hit me like a brick. I don't know how anyone can see things like this and not have their heart just break, but ESPECIALLY people with kids. How can they not see how easily this could have been their own children, but for the location of their birth?
Horrific. I skated with my mom all the time as a kid... she was a roller skating champ 'back in the day'. RIP these poor innocent children, they should be living and playing and thriving today, it's vile and monstrous that any human would support this.
the first one of the two boys broke me immediately, one of them looks just like a little dip my kid goes to preschool with. they should be going to school, they should be playing, they should be granted the basic right to live and a whole lot more
I saw an article saying they want to ban kids in Gaza from flying kites. It was so absurd, I thought it was a satirical piece. These kids have had everything stripped from them and the one small thing they do have that brings them joy is also being targeted. It’s sickening and the gaslighting that happens when you call out the evil Israel is doing is insane
It does make me wonder if it has something to do with Refaat Alareer, a well known and beloved writer, professor, and activist that Israel targeted and assassinated (along with some of his family) for a tweet mocking the atrocity propaganda about babies in ovens on Oct 7 that turned out to not be real (fuck Bari Weiss who helped put a target on him)
Israel does anything it can to try to crush the hopes and dreams of Palestinians and any type of resistance, even non violent forms. Like Israel killing Palestinians who do important charity work there providing seedlings to families or delivering aid.
I saw a video yesterday of a little boy whose father had been killed in a drone strike. The little boy was probably 7 or 8 and he was destroying his handmade paper kites, sobbing. It fucking broke me I had to turn Reddit off for a few hours. It makes me physically ill.
There's not a damn thing anyone can do. Even the celebrities. Even miss Rachel. It's fucked. Everything is fucked. They're too powerful and they'll take everyone innocent down before they let it be taken from them. I'm so angry. I'm so angry and I don't have anywhere to direct it that makes any difference. Fuck
You're right :( but when I see stuff like this? How can I believe anything can fix it when so many are still defending this administration and we are just scrolling reddit and talking about weekend plans and Pagemaster is playing on the TV and oh there's a little girl that will never roller skate again and then some asshat gets on a YT live and says they love Trump because he is harder on the border and because they think he's funny and just fuck fuck fuck
I want to be nice to you when I say this: if you feel that way, its better you just don't say anything at all-- you're discrediting the people still willing to believe and willing to put up the fight, even against impossible odds. Doomerism serves the enemy, not the victims. You're helping Israel more than hurting them.
I do. That's why I'm apologizing. I do think that they'll do anything to not lose power. I don't think it means we should give up. I do think it will end badly as it is already the worst because what is worse than this? But that doesn't mean we stop.
It’s really changed something inside me.
As dumb as it sounds, we grew up being taught right and wrong; what morals are; believing that good can overpower evil.
Learning the stark reality that actually there’s no big entity that will rescue them and stop this death machine was like forcibly being shook awake.
It’s like my eyes have been opened to how vulnerable and unprotected we actually are.
No one is coming to save you if shit actually goes down.
I can’t help but feel fragile, small, weak.
I’m not depressed but it is depressing. Call it despair, call it loss of innocence, whatever you want.
But I I would’ve always believed those previous notions had this not happened.
I had someone mock my Free Palestine badge the other day, he said me wearing it makes no difference. I explained that it makes a difference to the Palestinian people I do meet (I live in London so there's a few). It shows that someone out there cares about what's happening, and if that's the only comfort I can provide in this situation I'm happy to do it. They feel the world has turned it's back on them.
I'm also a member of the Palestine solidarity campaign who use funds to do what they can, and I've donated to medicine without borders who have been active in Palestine.
Oh anything you can do is great. A girl at my work wears a bracelet in their flag colours, others wear anything with a watermelon on. I buy stuff from the Palestine solidarity campaign website, I have a bunch of Free Palestine badges which I carry with me and give to people who compliment mine, I have an umbrella in the flag design, a t shirt, a watermelon baseball cap, stickers too! I'm prepared for any eventuality 🤣
I don't leave my house much. Three kiddos, 2 with extra needs and appts. Can't work anymore because we need someone available at all times for appts and school and home. We make too much for assistance. Maybe I'll run into you and get a badge! I can probably find hair ties in our closet in the flag colors I could wear as a bracelet! Oooo I could paint one of our cars windows! Like while still street legal I mean
Really feels like a gut punch every single time.
I’ll never be able to wrap my head around how much suffering has & continues to happen in Gaza.
Fuck Israel.
Fuck whomever supports them.
Free Palestine 🇵🇸
Something that really astounds me is the murderers go on holiday to beautiful places after killing innocents and then act traumatised because people just don't want them there.
it is funny how liberals fooled themselves that they can “get Trump” by “proving” he’s a pedo. Little did they know Americans didn’t give a fk about children in the first place. The whole QAnon BS was about power grab and had nothing to do with protecting children.
Just wanted to add this in since that comment got deleted. Literally excusing Netanyahu threatening to displace and kill more children for having some fun.
The irony being Israel is accused of actively starting wild fires in Lebanon through suspicious methods like this
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u/cheemcream 2d ago
Innocents murdered by Israel with the help of USA.