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York University threatens to revoke student unions' status over Israel-Hamas statements
(toronto.ctvnews.ca)
this post was submitted on 22 Oct 2023
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Yeah maybe the unions should be reminded of their duties too instead of spending time on issuing one-sided statements that are borderline cringe.
Wtf? Do they think there's some romantic revolutionary energy they need to be spreading on a topic that consists of nothing but useless violence and suffering for so many civilians in the middle east?
Also who in the world do they think cares about embarrassing statements and lip service about solidarity from some freshman students from York? This really has nothing to with critical thinking skills. In fact it's rather proof of the opposite of that concept.
Critical thinking involves seeing everything from multiple viewpoints, like viewing all the facets of a diamond.
How have you done that in your response?
Critical thinking would be to not take a side in this mess. The conflict is complicated and making such a statement just when a lot of Israelis died is insensitive and feel like they agree with the killing of innocent people. That's the problem. Why say these statements now ? Why not 1, 2, 3 years ago ?
Imagine saying you agree with alquaida because they suffered from American shit right after 9/11. What is wrong with you ?
Why would "something is complicated" mean you can't have a stance on it? By all means, you should be extra careful with complicated issues, but that doesn't mean you can't have an opinion or that there aren't parts that are more clear cut.
Eg, your comment reads to me like you're conflating Palestine (the largely unrecognized country) and Hamas (the terrorist group). Your Al Qaeda comment certainly reads that way. These groups and the vast majority of people support Palestine, not Hamas. So it's like sympathizing with Iraq because they got invaded after 9/11.
And the why now is pretty obvious. Because big things are happening now. Yeah, this isn't the first time Israel and Palestine have faced conflict, but it's a big time and people are afraid that Israel is going to put a complete end to Palestine this time around. If you don't speak up now, when will you?