• IninewCrow@lemmy.ca
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    “We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented” is a quote by Elie Wiesel from his 1986 Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech.

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          1. Being “ok” with anything is completely subjective and a personal choice. There is no law that says I have to have an opinion on every subject.

          2. I’m against innocent people being hurt or killed in general.

          My experience on this platform tells me if a person or persons set out to kill every Trump supporter, or murder every billionaire, you people would be celebrating. Hypothetical I admit, but it’s my opinion most of you would be ok with genocide as long as it targets people you don’t like/support.

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            I’m against innocent people being hurt or killed in general.

            Dude, you’re just saying that without knowing all the details. Why don’t you maybe tap the breaks and sit on the sidelines. There’s a lot of nuance you’re missing with this statement and a lot of good people you’re offending with your off-the-cuff ignorant take.

            Learn to just not have an opinion for a moment. Quit trying to make the injury and killing of innocent people so political.

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            My experience on this platform tells me if a person or persons set out to kill every Trump supporter, or murder every billionaire, you people would be celebrating.

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            “You can’t be neutral on a moving train.”

            You can choose to not have an opinion, but that just means you’re siding with the genocide. There’s no neutral option.

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                I can prove that you are supporting genocide. You pay your taxes, right? Then you’re supporting genocide.

                Unless you’re too young to pay taxes? In that case I could give you a pass - it’s not like you know any better anyway.

                But this is something we all have to reconcile - we’re all complicit. You don’t get to wash your hands of this.

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                    You’re literally paying for it! Do you not feel anything for the direct consequences of your actions?

                    The fact that you refuse to accept responsibility for your own actions doesn’t change the fact that you are complicit. You have to grow up and learn to take responsibility for what is being done in your name with your tax dollars, or they’re just going to keep killing in your name using your tax dollars. It’s really that simple.

                    You want me to stop because I’m giving voice to your own guilt, because you know I’m right.