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[–] RunawayFixer@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If at a time when terrorists of Hamas are releasing a ton videos of their terror attacks, you say "Can someone please tell the freedom fighters in Palestine to flip their phones and film horizontal.”, then you are calling those terrorists freedom fighters. And if you call terrorists freedom fighters, then you are tacitly supporting those terrorists and their acts of terror. Especially if you do this right after one of the most brutal attacks against civilians that we have seen in the last few years.

[–] SoleInvictus@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You can assume that's what she meant, but you don't actually know that - you're just putting words into someone's mouth. She even clarified later that's exactly what she DIDN'T mean. This is also a time when Israel is bombing largely defenseless citizens. If you're going to make assumptions about the intent of a statement, it's also valid to assume she's referring to this.

Not every Palestinian is a member or supporter of Hamas, and not every person who fights for the freedom of the Palestinians is a member or supporter of Hamas.