Stupid tankies >:-(

  • @SpaceDogs@lemmygrad.ml
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    652 years ago

    Palestinians have to be a “perfect victim” to be even the slightest bit sympathetic, and even then it’s not a guarantee.

    • @Ronin_5@lemmygrad.ml
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      452 years ago

      Such is western liberalism; the only correct action is to be subjugated under imperialist rule. Only then will you deserve pity, and pity is all you’ll get.

      • Muad'Dibber
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        502 years ago

        This is the level of pacifism the west gets on whenever anyone physically resists genocide:

          • @SpaceDogs@lemmygrad.ml
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            282 years ago

            It wouldn’t be surprising since he’s the same guy that went on hunger strikes whenever his people would violently oppose the British.

            • @fire86743@lemmygrad.ml
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              302 years ago

              The Western media always says that he was a peaceful man and we should be like him. When I became a Marxist, I started to see his methods as ineffective but Jesus. Fucking. Christ. I never knew he was that bad.

              • @ihaveibs@lemmygrad.ml
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                302 years ago

                Becoming a Marxist shows you that Gandhi was a villain that is propped up by the west in the name of non-violence

              • RedQuestionAsker2 [he/him, she/her]
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                Reading about history was my road to Marxism.

                Reading the history of India’s decolonization and the use of violent opposition, in particular, was a major moment for me.

                When I first saw this quote, it really put into perspective why non-violence is held as the only option by the hegemon.

              • JuryNullification [he/him]
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                Weirdly, Gandhi supported violence when he volunteered Indian men to fight for the British military in Africa.

                Make your libs read How to Blow Up a Pipeline, which really should be called “Why Nonviolence Is Shit and Has Never Worked”

        • 小莱卡
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          272 years ago

          This is idealism on steroids, jfc what a complete idiot.

          • uralsolo [he/him]
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            112 years ago

            He wasn’t the only prominent figure in the Indian Independence movement, but there’s a few reasons why he’s the most romanticized in western historiography.

          • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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            82 years ago

            Yeah, Gandhi is a shithead propped up because the liberal view if passive submission to state violence is politically useful for maintaining control. The British really gave up in India because Gandhi said he was no longer going to tell the armed factions not to fight, and the Brits decided they couldn’t afford to fight a real rebellion.

      • Muad'Dibber
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        202 years ago

        There’s a truly disgusting amount of both-sidesing on the liberal lemmys.

    • JK1348 [he/him]
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      252 years ago

      It’s that imperialist propaganda narrative that has shrunk Palestinians to their current locations.