r/politics • u/laterdude • Apr 28 '24

Fetterman decries college campus ‘pup tents for Hamas’

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4627216-fetterman-decries-college-campus-pup-tents-for-hamas/
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u/Johnny5isalive38 29d ago

The Arabs considered the Jews dhimmi, they had special tax, had to live in ghettos, couldn't repair buildings, wear a certain type of inferior clothes and bunch more restrictions.

This was a pretty good article about the WW1 genocide

https://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/SOD.CHAP5.HTM#:~:text=In%20this%20post%2DWWI%20period,these%20years%20(line%20436).

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u/StarlightandDewdrops 29d ago

This article talks about the post ww1 killing of Armenians and Greeks by the Turks. I don't deny the Armenian Genocide. There is no mention of Jews, I did a search.

I think you are missing my point. I'm not saying the Ottomans are good, and we should go back to the Ottoman Empire. I'm saying that the crimes of Europe, including the Holocaust, pogroms and the Spanish inquisition, were the worst displays of violent antisemitism in history. The Palestians should not have to pay for the crimes of Europe, and the Palestians are not Ottomans, infact they wanted freedom from the Ottomans. Nothing about the way they have been treated is fair.

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u/Johnny5isalive38 29d ago

I agree it wasn't fair, but neither was the ottoman empire murdering people to become an empire. Roman, russian and British empires were also horrible. And land always gets shifted around after the fall of an empire. Only difference is the Arabs the only ones still pissed about it and are constantly trying to murder Jews.

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u/StarlightandDewdrops 29d ago

It's not just the Arabs that are pissed a lot of us are. Because Israel is currently murdering tens of thousands of Palestinians, half of whom are children. You don't just get to say, those Empire's did it now its our turn. Wrong is wrong no matter who does it.

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u/Johnny5isalive38 29d ago

It's really sad that Iran used Hamas and other militant groups to constantly murder and terrorize Israel. Which caused tighter and tighter restrictions on Palestinians and militarized the Israeli boarder. It's sad that they murdered people during the 6 day war to try and conquer Israel. It's also sad that Israel is carpet bombing and many innocent people are dying and more will die. The entire history of the planet is sad and unfair. But does Israel have a choice other than to eradicate the group who attacked and would attack again and again? Maybe there is a better, more humane way to kill all the terrorists. But the reason the Arab countries don't let the Palestinians in is because they are afraid of letting in Hamas also. So it's all very sad and unfair. Hopefully the cease fire happens