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LostOne4Ever

(9,597 posts)
15. Palestine is region not a group
Mon Jan 22, 2024, 01:03 AM
Jan 2024

There are queer Palestinians. They are getting hit by bombs just as much as the cis-het ones. There are pro-lgbt Palestinians. They are severely oppressed but they exist.

You are broadbrushing an entire region and it’s people and conflating Hamas with Palestine. LGBT people who support Palestine (which the majority of them mean they oppose their treatment by Israel and Palestine’s right to statehood) is not the same as supporting an anti-lgbt group. Is saying that the people of Texas deserve democracy the same as supporting the Republican Party? Regions and the people of the region are not the same as individual groups.

What false equivalency is the cartoon making? No where does it say Palestine and Israel are the same. It is defending lgbt people for supporting Palestine. It is pointing out that lgbt Palestinians are also getting hit by bombs. That is literally it. It is also by a stalwart LGBT advocate.

I get why you are reacting negatively but you are adding context that is not there. You are one of the most passionate advocates for Equality for LGBT people of all stripes on this site. Surely you can see how this is only meant to divide our community.

The article in question is meant to divide and it is succeeding.

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I have the same questions nocoincidences Jan 2024 #2
That's the point. nycbos Jan 2024 #5
Chickens for KFC nycbos Jan 2024 #3
Watch the full clip nycbos Jan 2024 #4
Thanks question everything Jan 2024 #6
Team Sanity nycbos Jan 2024 #8
As someone who is trans vercetti2021 Jan 2024 #7
Anyone who values personal liberties and freedom SouthernDem4ever Jan 2024 #9
They are the leftist version of "Log Cabin Republicans". Behind the Aegis Jan 2024 #10
Let's look at the logic here LostOne4Ever Jan 2024 #11
I am not sure to which "article" you are referring. If the OP, it was not written by Maher question everything Jan 2024 #12
The article I was referring to was the one by Queer Majority LostOne4Ever Jan 2024 #13
There is no logic in your wall of words; only excuses and misdirection. Behind the Aegis Jan 2024 #14
Palestine is region not a group LostOne4Ever Jan 2024 #15
Not wasting my time on these Log Cabin assholes. n/t Behind the Aegis Jan 2024 #16
BTW, Queer Majority is a rightwing anti-trans site LostOne4Ever Jan 2024 #17
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