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This meme is from 2004. History repeats itself.

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[–] [email protected] 57 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Dafuq is this meme? civilians are civilians, regardless of the country religion or whatever the duck they're born in.

[–] [email protected] 93 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

If civilians are civilians...

"Amongst Israelis, 69% of those killed were civilians and 31% members of the IDF. The number of Israeli civilians killed, from attacks by Palestinian armed groups or individuals, has declined steadily, peaking in 2002 at an average of 22 deaths per month, and dropping markedly to an average of one civilian per month in 2007. 6/

In contrast to Israeli figures, however, Palestinian civilian fatalities have remained high. Palestinian civilians, killed by Israeli security forces, peaked with an average of 35 deaths per month in 2002, and again in 2004. In 2007 they dropped slightly to an average of ten civilian deaths per month."

https://www.un.org/unispal/document/auto-insert-208380/

Both sides kill civilians with abandon, and Israel is markedly better at it. Major media doesn't seem to care very much about Palestinian civilians though.

[–] [email protected] 62 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I completely agree with you. Which is why when you look at the grotesque number of civilians Israel kills every year it's pretty easy to condem them.

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

Do you somehow not realise that is exactly the point being made?

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

YES, because OP is typing words that can be misconstrued as being a shill or a bigoted asshole. I'm smart enough to recognize it if you point it out, but I'm not fucking psychic, and I'm the kind of person who believes in dream prophesies so that just shows that neither potential delusion nor intelligence have anything to do with people misreading things online. It's just human and technical limitations, but your italics are clear so: if you don't want people to be annoyed at you, maybe respond without being condescending.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

How could you misconstrue their words that way?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Jesus Christ I had to scroll through like, 10 top level comments to find someone with a measure of reason. I'm actually stunned.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 9 months ago

Israel kills more civilians.