• Troy
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    4 hours ago

    Really? You love militants who would probably rather kill you than have a coffee with you?

    • rhys@lemmy.rhys.wtf
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      4 hours ago

      This new age is very strange. Folks railing against liberal-democratic structures and institutions while praising autocrats and theocratic-fascist terror groups.

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        4 hours ago

        I suspect a lot of people are unhappy and are looking for solutions. They aren’t evaluating their solutions, just latching onto the first things that make them feel like change is possible.

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          This is the best explanation of anything I’ve read in years. I think you are spot on. There would be a lot less polarisation online if people understood this.

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      What the hell are you even talking about? Where do you people get the idea that Hezbollah and every other Islamist entity is like ISIS? Do you know a single thing about Lebanon???

    • snooggums@lemmy.world
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      3 hours ago

      I mean, they are picking militants who are opposing genocide. Choosing ‘would rather kill you’ over ‘are killing you’ is logical in a limited context.

      • I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world
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        2 hours ago

        Oh, trust me, those militants are very much pro-genocide, they just haven’t quite figured out a way to be successful at it.

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          1 hour ago

          Oh, trust me

          No thanks, guy who thinks the average person in Hezbollah wants to inexplicably kill a random British person rather than have coffee with them.