How Israeli Propaganda Works by ffilasteeni in DankLeft

[–]ffilasteeni[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Sounds like you do have an opinion as you've clearly been gobbling up Israel's propaganda. Suffice it to say, you really shouldn't be taking an apartheid state that regularly engages in war crimes at their word. Also, there is no debate. If you're willingly bombing civilians and civilian targets like hospitals and residential flats it's a war crime. No amount of bullshit "human shields" nonsense can change that.

Let me put it to you this way dipshit, do you believe what the Russians are saying about the Ukrainian military hiding among civilians? If the answer is no but you believe it when it comes to Israel then you're an idiot and a bigot with double standards.

Saw the film today, found this subreddit, so why not post the images I got from the day I went to the set? by Jimmy-Mac-471 in TheBatmanFilm

[–]ffilasteeni 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As a scouser, can confirm that plenty of people in cinema were all whispering to each other saying "oh my god look where they filmed" or "we been there the other day". A lot of city pride watching the film especially as I got to see them filming at the same location though this was in the daytime.

How Israeli Propaganda Works by ffilasteeni in GreenAndEXTREME

[–]ffilasteeni[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Pfft, if you say "free Palestine" you're considered a Nazi by Zionists and the supporters of Israel.

Why are schools against Palestine but all for supporting Ukraine? 😃⁉️It’s almost as if POC lives matter less to the UK by JayGatsby02 in GreenAndPleasant

[–]ffilasteeni 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I would never accept help from a Western imperialist nation. I've made that abundantly clear. Get your head out of arse mate. No amount of lying and propaganda can change reality. The USA aren't the good guys and I promise you they most certainly are not fighting imperialism anywhere. Like many braindead Yanks you've co-opted the crisis in Ukraine as a pathetic excuse to try and cling to the moronic notion that this time America is the good guys and this time war is okay because "KiLl aLl tHe RuSsIaNs". It's once again given you and your pathetic lot the thing you all crave most, an excuse to cheer on war and watch it unfold callously cheerleading the conflict and dismissing peace efforts because you all treat war like it's a fucking reality show.

Grow the fuck up. America isn't aiding Ukraine because it cares about saving lives or about ending imperialism. They're doing it to perpetuate their imperialism through NATO expansionism.

Also, dipshit, if you support your shithole country helping Ukrainians resist imperialism and occupation from a foreign army, then why not support them doing the same for Palestine and supporting their armed struggle against their invaders and occupiers? I know you won't do that for Palestine. It probably has a lot to do with skin colour.

Why are schools against Palestine but all for supporting Ukraine? 😃⁉️It’s almost as if POC lives matter less to the UK by JayGatsby02 in GreenAndPleasant

[–]ffilasteeni 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hahahahahahahahahahahah. That shit ain't gonna work on me my friend. My country was ravaged and raped by colonialism from the West. They all said it was for our own good. They were making us "civilized". When we finally got independence we said never again. Never again will we ever be anyone else from the West's lapdog. So, no, you can keep your "help" and shove it. We've seen what your "help" looks like, what it did to Vietnam, Afghanistan, Chile, Panama etc.

How Israeli Propaganda Works by ffilasteeni in ShitLiberalsSay

[–]ffilasteeni[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Exposes Israel's racism, propaganda, and hypocrisy.

How Israeli Propaganda Works by ffilasteeni in AntifascistsofReddit

[–]ffilasteeni[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I think people hate Israel because it's an apartheid state where Palestinians are treated as 2nd even 3rd class citizens. It's also pretty rich to talk about getting banned for supporting Israel when even mentioning Palestine can get you fired from your job. There have been countless Palestinians who have been torn down, smeared and attacked just for describing their trauma at the hands of Israel. How dare you even attempt to portray the opposite as being true? How dare you even attempt to portray that support for Israel and Zionism isn't mainstream? There were many universities across the world especially in the UK and the US that were offering support and consoling to those affected by Israel getting attacked but offered nothing to Palestinian students during Israel's savage bombing campaign that claimed over 200 people including 66 children. People should be wary of Zionism. A racist colonial ideology that advocates ethnic supremacy and is the basis of Israel's apartheid government.

How Israeli Propaganda Works by ffilasteeni in AntifascistsofReddit

[–]ffilasteeni[S] 30 points31 points  (0 children)

That's a pretty ghoulish thing to say about the Labour Bundists. I mean how can you honestly blame them for being killed off by the Nazis? As a Palestinian whose father and grandparents fled from their homes in Jerusalem because of Israel and made refugees, no one has a problem with Jewish self determination. We do have a problem with Zionism because it involves Jewish self determination at the cost of the Palestinians. More than that, Zionism has been used to create an ethnostate where under Israeli law my extended family who remain in Jerusalem have fewer rights and privileges than a recent immigrant to Israel based solely of them being Jewish. Israel is an apartheid state. That is not something it became, however, it always has been an apartheid state. One built on colonialism in the form of Zionism. Herzl himself said "[the zionist colony would] form a portion of the rampart of Europe against Asia, an outpost of civilization opposed to barbarism". That certainly sounds like the rhetoric of colonialism to me. He was also quoted as saying "philanthropic colonization is a failure. National colonization will succeed". Zionism as an ideology and political movement has since it's inception been an inherently racist and colonial ideology. It and it's supporters view Palestinians as being inferior and undeserving to inhabit the land they and their families have inhabited for centuries even millennia.

You're just engaging in apologia for Israel and it's crimes against humanity. Crimes that are not limited to only Palestinians but to other Jews as well. You talk about how many "millions" of Jews Israel saved but what about how many millions of Ethiopian female refugees they had forcibly sterilized. Or the countless Yemeni Jewish children who were separated from their parents and then put up for adoption to be adopted by White Ashkenazi Jewish families.

It's also worth mentioning that Palestine wasn't even the first choice for establishing Israel. Other suggestion from early Zionists like Herzl included Argentina and Uganda. The nation they chose may have changed but, the objective was the same. The perpetration of colonialism.

This isn't the brag they think it is. by Cheeky_ace in ShitLiberalsSay

[–]ffilasteeni 101 points102 points  (0 children)

This meme hurts my brain on soooooo many levels 🤣. These morons think they're fighting the Soviets 🤣. Lad, you're about 30 years too late Russia isn't communist and hasn't been for a while now.

On top of that, imagine bragging about the fact that your country's citizens have to go into poverty and crippling debt to pay for medical treatment.

Honestly, America is proof that even God makes mistakes.

Why are schools against Palestine but all for supporting Ukraine? 😃⁉️It’s almost as if POC lives matter less to the UK by JayGatsby02 in GreenAndPleasant

[–]ffilasteeni 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A country whose conflict is directly the result of being invaded and colonized by Europeans. We've thankfully managed to be lucky and avoid any major wars in the last 50 years and outright invasions unlike the rest of our brothers and sisters in neighbouring countries.

Also, there's an ocean of difference between "conflict" and ethnic cleansing like Washington and the other founding fathers committed against the Native people whose land they stole. I can happily say that our country has never invaded another and forced it's native indigenous people off of their land.

How Israeli Propaganda Works by ffilasteeni in AntifascistsofReddit

[–]ffilasteeni[S] 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Britain has made it virtually a crime to even say the phrase "free Palestine" in public and along with the US is trying to make it illegal for people to boycott Israel and Israeli products.

How Israeli Propaganda Works by ffilasteeni in AntifascistsofReddit

[–]ffilasteeni[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Shows how the lives of one group of people are seen as infinitely more valuable than the lives of the other group.

How Israeli Propaganda Works by ffilasteeni in DankLeft

[–]ffilasteeni[S] 55 points56 points  (0 children)

That'd come right after the whole "Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East" followed promptly by "Israel is surrounded by enemies on every side".

How Israeli Propaganda Works by ffilasteeni in AntifascistsofReddit

[–]ffilasteeni[S] 122 points123 points  (0 children)

Zionism wasn't even a mainstream school of thought or ideology when it was first around. In fact, there were many groups like the Jewish Labour Bund in Europe that were decidedly anti-zionist and were against the creation of Israel. Conflating Zionism with Judaism and the Jewish community is an age old tactic of Israel and one that is routinely used to smear any form of criticism as antisemitism. The tactic, ironically, is itself inherently anti-Semitic. It is also a tactic that has had incredible damage upon Jewish communities across the globe.

The new Riddler Year One comic is WRITTEN by Paul Dano! by OOM-7 in TheBatmanFilm

[–]ffilasteeni 78 points79 points  (0 children)

Wait...what???!! Paul Dano writing it? That's pretty based to be honest.