Five@slrpnk.net to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoIsrael slams UN chief for saying Hamas attack ‘did not happen in a vacuum,’ calls for his resignationwww.politico.euexternal-linkmessage-square189fedilinkarrow-up1589arrow-down128cross-posted to: worldnews@lemmit.online
arrow-up1561arrow-down1external-linkIsrael slams UN chief for saying Hamas attack ‘did not happen in a vacuum,’ calls for his resignationwww.politico.euFive@slrpnk.net to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square189fedilinkcross-posted to: worldnews@lemmit.online
minus-squareCosmic Cleric@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·8 months ago That’s when you can stop them. You can say, actually, yes, you can condemn Hamas without caveat or whataboutism. No, no you can’t. Not at an intellectually honest level of trying to resolve an issue. How a person reacts to you is based not on just that moment in time, but everything that leads up to that moment. You can’t ignore history if you want to fix the present for a better future. Those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it.
minus-squarebouncing@partizle.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·8 months ago That’s when you can stop them. You can say, actually, yes, you can condemn Hamas without caveat or whataboutism. No, no you can’t. I just did. I’ll do it again. I categorically condemn Hamas. There.
No, no you can’t. Not at an intellectually honest level of trying to resolve an issue.
How a person reacts to you is based not on just that moment in time, but everything that leads up to that moment.
You can’t ignore history if you want to fix the present for a better future. Those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it.
I just did.
I’ll do it again. I categorically condemn Hamas. There.