Many Jews see a lack of empathy for the Israelis killed during the early morning massacre and for the relatives of the hostages - about 30 of whom are children - who are suspended in an agonising limbo.
This isn’t true in my experience. Pretty much everyone thinks it was an absolutely disgusting act. I haven’t really seen anyone defend or justify it.
Saying Israel has gone too far in retaliation against civilians is not defending hamas in any way.
This is largely my experience as well, but when I told someone that I had this impression they looked at me like I was from a different planet.
I think those of us using the Fediverse as our primary social media platform might be a bit sheltered from just how bad it gets elsewhere. Sure, things can run hot here as well - it’s Israel/Palestine after all - but I’ve never seen anything remotely as bad on the Fediverse as what is promoted by the fucking owner of X.
That’s not too say the hateful shit doesn’t exist here - it’s just not actively promoted, which makes all the difference in the world.
This isn’t true in my experience. Pretty much everyone thinks it was an absolutely disgusting act. I haven’t really seen anyone defend or justify it.
Saying Israel has gone too far in retaliation against civilians is not defending hamas in any way.
Both of these acts are awful.
This is largely my experience as well, but when I told someone that I had this impression they looked at me like I was from a different planet.
I think those of us using the Fediverse as our primary social media platform might be a bit sheltered from just how bad it gets elsewhere. Sure, things can run hot here as well - it’s Israel/Palestine after all - but I’ve never seen anything remotely as bad on the Fediverse as what is promoted by the fucking owner of X.
That’s not too say the hateful shit doesn’t exist here - it’s just not actively promoted, which makes all the difference in the world.