• Fleur_@lemm.ee
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    5 days ago

    Is that just because 70% of people are women and children or is there bias?

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      The math leans towards the former, but when the two hypotheses suggested by the data are “we are actively and selectively targeting noncombatants” and “we just don’t give half a shit who we’re killing,” in a sane world you’d be universally branded as “the baddies” in the conflict.

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        5 days ago

        They’re bad I just want a better understanding of what’s happening so I can more accurately hate Israel

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      44% children, 26% women, 30% men. Gaza is about half under 18, so that’s nearly randomly killing people. That said, these are only confirmed fatalities, so presumably susceptible to bias.

      The report is here