Exactly the point I was trying to make
OP is implying parents should be ok with Israeli violence, but not ok with Palestinian violence.
Parents **should want **their kids to see violence committed by Israel, but they should want their kids to not be able to see violence committed by Palestinians?
Why?
Gingerlegs@lemmy.world 8 months ago
dmonzel@lemm.ee 8 months ago
I was mocking the way you said it. Here, let me say it plainly, so maybe you can stop misunderstanding.
This article is saying parents should be concerned about their kids seeing the violence being perpetrated by Hamas. They are not saying the same thing about the violence being committed by the IDF and Israeli government. That comes across as one being more acceptable than the other.
Was that clear enough?
paintbucketholder@lemmy.world 8 months ago
That’s an argument, sure.
It just doesn’t make a lot of sense to me, at least if presented as an argument criticizing Israel.
“We want kids to see all the atrocities committed by our side, but none of the atrocities committed by our enemies” would at the very least be an unconventional approach to war time propaganda.
You know what I’m getting at?
dmonzel@lemm.ee 8 months ago
No, I don’t know what you’re getting at, because you’re either not taking a second to think about what’s being said, or you’re doing this intentionally. THE POINT IS THAT THEY’RE NOT ALSO CONDEMNING THE VIOLENCE BEING PERPETRATED BY ISRAEL. Was that clear enough, or are you going to continue to be completely obtuse?
dmonzel@lemm.ee 8 months ago
I’m not sure how many times I can say it. The point is the singling out of one, and staying silent about the other. It’s about the hypocrisy. I’m not sure why this is so difficult, friend.
paintbucketholder@lemmy.world 8 months ago
It’s not that you’re not saying it often enough, it’s that you’re stopping halfway through what’s being proposed here.
You’re seeing it as a one-sided, negative thing for the Palestinian side that the atrocities of Hamas are being “singled out” - but you’re completely ignoring the fact that they’re being “singled out” in order to be hidden from children.
This means that children would never learn - at least not on their own, via social media - of these atrocities committed by Hamas. That would appear like a net positive for the Palestinian side.
You’re getting caught up in the “singling out” part while ignoring the “in order to hide it from children” part.