the_dunk_tank @hexbear.net footfaults [none/use name] @hexbear.net 6 mo. ago

Orange site angry at Arabic Wikipedia display of solidarity

Typical orange site behavior but worth showing. There's a couple commenters there trying to fight against Silicon CHUD consensus but the submission got flagged and removed from the front page

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At least in my circles, the main talking point is the fact that this war goes back literally to the dawn of human civilization in this area.

Would really like to hear what this person thinks the “Palestinian” side and “Israeli” side was 10,000 years ago in the Levantine.

'Complexity' is an illusion.

That is the ultimate “dumb guy’s idea of a smart idea”.
- I hate this dumb shit. The idea that there's some ancient primal death battle between Jewish people and Arabs or whoever was around at the time in the Levant is awful, very effective historical revisionism. 1st century Hebrews/Jews were forced in to Exile by the fucking Romans! THE ROMANS! Who don't exist anymore! Islam, at least on paper, explicitly requires that Jewish people be respected, protected, and given a degree of legal autonomy under Muslim rule (Definitely not respected by many governments throughout history, but others took it seriously).
  
  To be truly pro-israel one must be anti-italian
  
  Pretty much all modern Israelis descend from (or are themselves) very recent European settlers with specific racial features, and not from some super ancient tribe that has maintained 'racial purity' for two millenia (as if that confers the right to someone else's home anyway).
- the uncharitable reading is that he thinks that civilization didn't exist there until britain arrived, but i know hackernewses and i know that "this conflict has been going on for millennia" is the perfect take for a guy who knows zero history trying to pretend that he knows all the history.
  
  also the top comment holy fuck i'm so sick of ignorant amerikkkan pseuds who think that any conflict that involves religious people, particularly nonchristians, is just a disagreement over religious doctrine. it's such a fucking childish /r/atheist understanding of conflict, belief, and culture.
  
  SHUT THE FUCK UP WHITE MAN. YOUR BAY AREA OPEN PLAN OFFICE WITH A FUCKING PING PONG TABLE AND GAMING LOUNGE IS ALSO A HOLY LAND. KYS NOW TO ESCAPE DAMNATION.
  
  More like they’re thinking of either the crusades or the Roman occupation as the dawn of civilization there
- Is this guy's "circle" wacky creationists who think the earth is only 6000 years old or something? I can't imagine someone making that claim without being a massive dumbass.
- At least in my circles, the main talking point is the fact that this war goes back literally to the dawn of human civilization in this area.
  
  What lack of historical materialism does to a mfer.
- From the River to the Sea Natufia will be free.
- At least in my circles, the main talking point is the fact that this war goes back literally to the dawn of human civilization in this area.
  
  At least this simpleton realizes their half-baked stupid opinion is limited to people as stupid as they are
Right, so until that point… by definition. Not a genocide. There’s a hearing to determine if it is, which Israel plans on attending and defending its position..
- Everyone knows that it’s not really a genocide unless the people committing it agree that it is.
  
  Who can fight that logic when the people who would be opposing it are all dead?
Fucking hell, the idiots in my chosen field...
- Sorry, not idiots. MONSTERS. They are fucking monsters.
Hacker News is such a shithole (literally, since I doubt that software devs don't browse the site while they're on break).

if you need an example of white libertarian nonsense, you go to HN.
- I always thought "temporarily embarrassed millionaires" was a literary exaggeration, until I started reading Hacker News. We could really use a logo for them.
- It's an new and interesting seam to mine for content for the dunk tank
- Some interesting stuff pops up in their links but their comments are always libertarian nonsense.
I'm guessing their "NPOV" doesn't apply to the Ukrainian Wikipedia putting up the ukrainian flag
- Someone pointed that out and got downvoted pretty hard. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38869115
On Wikipedia:

I would consider myself pretty pro-Palestine and pro-Ukraine (also anti-Palestine at the same time for reasons), and I still find this apalling, because Wikipedia is supposed to be very neutral on these sorts of topics
- They really give the game away every time. "Neutral" to a lib just means "agrees with me."
Bunch of westerners condemn Palestinians for taking entirely peaceful step to complain about being murdered en masse, suggest 'neutral point of view' is more important.

The old adage of libs compromising with "a bit of genocide" is too true
let me be clear. anyone who uses orange site in earnest should be shot no questions asked
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