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Glorious bastard

(174 posts)
18. This is getting even more bizarre.
Sat Oct 18, 2025, 12:23 AM
Oct 18

You do not believe that holding Hamas responsible will not work because Netanyahu hasn’t brought Hamas to its knees, not because holding Hamas universally accountable for its crimes has ever been tried and was shown to fail.

You cannot point to a single thing that could reasonably make you suspicious of me conflating Hamas with Palestinians (hint: answering a question that starts with “what specifically” by replying with “because” is by definition a wrong answer).

You said, and I quote: “Your answer sounds suspiciously like conflating Hamas and Palestinians in general, which is simply Netanyahu's propaganda machine at work.” Immediately before you said I can’t claim that "Palestinians voted for this," I never did, so what was the purpose of this statement? Why did you presume that I might make such claim, and what does it have to do with your suspicions?

I am seriously asking you to articulate in detail what specifically, rather than in general terms, makes you object to Hamas’ terrorist regime. Can you do so with the same frequency, consistently and in as much detail as you do in Israel’s case? For instance, what specifically makes Hamas Christofascist, or which terrorist acts can you cite? Surely you can do this! And once again, please don’t reply to a question that starts with “what” with an answer that starts with “because”. See above for the reason why.

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Well, that didn't take long. mwmisses4289 Oct 15 #1
Seeing Hamas and the general Palestinian population can't find a lot of their own Aussie105 Oct 16 #2
If Hamas had no bodies of hostages to return, they signed a cease fire deal in bad faith. Glorious bastard Oct 16 #3
Wrong again - as surely you know. AloeVera Oct 16 #4
How many of them were ambushed and abducted to be held for ransom and no other reason? Glorious bastard Oct 16 #6
Many of the hostages held by Israel received no trial Orrex Oct 17 #12
I'm on the side that's not Hamas n/t Polybius Oct 18 #20
Should Israel resume their bombing over corpses? Resume starving the populace? maxsolomon Oct 16 #5
Should we overlook Hamas' deceptions yet again and deflect to speculating about Israel instead? Glorious bastard Oct 17 #7
the idea that hostage bodies are unrecoverable below bombed buildings isn't outrageous. maxsolomon Oct 17 #8
Corpses of hostages are a good enough reason to demand maximum pressure on Hamas to deliver what they Glorious bastard Oct 17 #9
To this point, "maximum pressure" has meant starving 2 million people, some to death. maxsolomon Oct 17 #10
as per my post, maximum pressure on Hamas by the international community and humanitarians of all colors. Glorious bastard Oct 17 #11
Other than Netanyahu's years-long campaign of deliberate civilian murder... Orrex Oct 17 #13
For one, condemn them at least as frequently as they do Israel Glorious bastard Oct 17 #14
How will that put pressure on Hamas? And who's making excuses for them? Orrex Oct 17 #15
You think it will not? Glorious bastard Oct 17 #16
Seriously? Orrex Oct 17 #17
This is getting even more bizarre. Glorious bastard Oct 18 #18
In an unsurprising move, you resort to mischaracterizing my position. Repeatedly. Orrex Oct 18 #19
So much effort to avoid one simple question! Glorious bastard Oct 18 #21
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