___joker__ on Sidechat | Someone who believes in “Jewish space lasers” and someone who has lost their child has the same amount of agency to make a decision. Disgusting that you would hand-wave responsibility.

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___joker__

Someone who believes in “Jewish space lasers” and someone who has lost their child has the same amount of agency to make a decision. Disgusting that you would hand-wave responsibility.

US Politics 2w

It’s perfectly valid to blame Israel for the attack today. The attacker wasn’t some far right incel who believes in Jewish space lasers it was a man who Iost his kids to Israeli bombs. He went fucking insane bc of this

Anonymous 2w

this feels like an intentional bad faith reading of OP. The attack was not justified, and can’t be justified in any way, but there’s an argument that the actions of Israel contributed to it. Also, the implication that someone who fosters deep antisemitic beliefs and conspiracy theories and chooses to act on them is part and parcel similar to someone who was driven to a mental health crisis when their children were blown up by the state of Israel are comparable scenarios is laughable.

Anonymous

#1 2w

neither one is justified, and ultimately people bear final responsibility for their actions, but theres nothing wrong with acknowledging the factors that led someone to take a given course of action, and reflect on it.

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Anonymous

#1 2w

The issue with blaming Israel is that this level of justification, which that’s what it is, can be used for any action for any reason. Am I justified to go to a mosque now because of 9/11? He could have gone to an Israeli embassy, but he didn’t, he chose a school full of Jewish children. How far back must we go in the “tit for tat” reasoning before we identify fault?

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Anonymous

#1 2w

The truth is, we don’t have to. That’s why we’re a nation of laws and morals. The laws exist to specifically prevent this kind of thing because we, as a society, have agreed that revenge/redemption justice are abhorrent. There are plenty of things this man could have done to take his revenge out on Israel. He could have went and joined Hamas or the IRGC…but he didn’t…he chose to go to a school.