If you’re playing devil’s advocate and the topic is genocide, guess what? You’re not playing devil’s advocate. You’re the devil’s public relations department.
No, there aren’t “good people on both sides” when one side is commiting genocide.
Good people do not commit genocide.
Good people do not defend people who are commiting genocide.
Good people are not complicit in genocide.
You can do all of these things today with impunity because we live in a corrupt world that’s circling the drain of fascism. You can do all these things and feel safe, protected by a system built on settler colonialism – the beneficiary of past ethnic cleansings, apartheids, and genocides and run by its heirs.
You can do all this but what you cannot do is call yourself a good person. Because you’re not.
Opposing genocide isn’t a preference. It’s the lowest possible bar for humanity.
An important lession we kids learned in germany when talking to older people:
There might be people who decided to ignore the genocide. And later say "But we just followed orders!" or "But we didn't know anything about all of this. We would have protest, but we just didn't know!!"
And then you go to the archive and check the local newspapers from that time, read through the articles and realize: It's a lie. Everyone knew.
"That's right. It's unfortunate that demanding the right to life or rejecting genocide has become a subject of debate or a 'point of view' that needs evidence. As someone from Gaza, I'm not putting forward a political point of view; I'm conveying a reality that affects our daily existence. If this needs explaining, the problem isn't with the argument, but with the lack of basic humanity on the other side."
Aral Balkan
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in reply to Aral Balkan • • •No, there aren’t “good people on both sides” when one side is commiting genocide.
Good people do not commit genocide.
Good people do not defend people who are commiting genocide.
Good people are not complicit in genocide.
You can do all of these things today with impunity because we live in a corrupt world that’s circling the drain of fascism. You can do all these things and feel safe, protected by a system built on settler colonialism – the beneficiary of past ethnic cleansings, apartheids, and genocides and run by its heirs.
You can do all this but what you cannot do is call yourself a good person. Because you’re not.
Opposing genocide isn’t a preference. It’s the lowest possible bar for humanity.
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in reply to Aral Balkan • • •An important lession we kids learned in germany when talking to older people:
There might be people who decided to ignore the genocide. And later say "But we just followed orders!" or "But we didn't know anything about all of this. We would have protest, but we just didn't know!!"
And then you go to the archive and check the local newspapers from that time, read through the articles and realize: It's a lie. Everyone knew.
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Chris Haynes
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in reply to Aral Balkan • • •Do you still do your live streaming?
THIS post is the good stuff as an audio chat I think would take it further, also financially for you.
e.g. I'll pay you for half hr of chat!
(Others also I'm sure!)
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or
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A more personally encouraging approach for awareness & answers (going to the gym with others / hearing our hero people) ?
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