• VikingHippie@lemmy.wtf
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    1 year ago

    Ironic that you would talk about zero sense of context when siding with the people ignoring crucial context.

    Mia Khalifa was NOT talking about terrorists. She was talking about the oppressed people of Palestine who film the atrocities of the Israeli apartheid government. She didn’t mention Hamas and since they’re not usually the ones filming THEIR atrocities, it’s clear that she wasn’t referring to them either. Especially when you add her own clarification to the equation:

    I just want to make it clear that this statement in no way shape or form is [inciting] spread of violence," she said. “I specifically said freedom fighters because that’s what the Palestinian citizens are… fighting for freedom every day.”

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      1 year ago

      It was still a bad post, at least based on how it reads to the average unknowing person.

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        1 year ago

        Yeah, it was worded imprecisely enough to make misinterpretation possible, which is always a bad move when discussing contentious issues no matter your intention.

        Definitely wasn’t bad enough that she deserved being immediately fired, cancelled and defamed as a terrorism sympathiser, though.

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          1 year ago

          Yeah I’ll agree with that. It was exceptionally poor wording and it comes down to the benefit of the doubt if you believe she worded it poorly vs … yeah. But the deserves the benefit of the doubt.

    • EvilHaitianEatingYourCat@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      She could have just started with “My heart goes to Israeli victims” or stuff like that, before tagging “Free Palestine” at the end. That would fly without a hurdle.

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        1 year ago

        So she’s not allowed to express solidarity with the Palestinian victims of Israeli oppression without also mentioning the Israeli victims of Hamas terrorism?

        Are people not allowed to express solidarity with Israeli victims without also mentioning Palestinian victims either?

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                1 year ago

                It might be a fact that many people see it that way, but that would just mean that many people are wrong. Many people believe all sorts of ridiculous lies and distortions of reality.

                • EvilHaitianEatingYourCat@lemmy.world
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                  1 year ago

                  ¯_(ツ)_/¯ You don’t provide compelling arguments neither, you just say “You are wrong, I am right”

                  I only point out that it was pretty bold tweet given the circumstances

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                    1 year ago

                    I have laid out compelling arguments based on the real world context of what’s happening, what her words are most likely to mean given that context, even explained which part was misunderstood and what the most rational explanation for that was.

                    I’ve done part or all of that at least a handful of times in replies throughout the comments of this post. I have also conceded that it might have been an ill-advised way of saying things because a public figure being less than 100% clear about a statement regarding anything contentious can and most often WILL open the door to misinterpretations, whether honest or wilfully manipulative.

                    That’s as close to “you are wrong, I am right” as a fiberglass canoe is to a shoddily made origami boat.

          • Strawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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            1 year ago

            Except in this instance the killer’s family is tied up in the corner of the funeral home actively being murdered by the victim’s uncle

    • assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      It was a very poor choice of wording to say freedom fighters to refer to civilians. It was just as poor to mention videos without any information whatsoever on the contents of the videos. Perhaps this is one giant misunderstanding.

      Either way, a statement referring to a video from freedom fighters in the region right now without any context immediately brings to mind the carnage from the terrorist attack.