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Her Instagram post, translated in the link:

“Come on settlers, we will slaughter you. We are waiting for you in all the cities of the West Bank. What Hitler did to you was a picnic. We will drink your blood and eat your skulls”

She has since been arrested:

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (4 children)

A crude yet understandable statement from a person who was born, grew up and lived her whole life under such horrible circumstances of occupation and racism, especially now that the movement of ultra-racist, right-extremist, illegal settlers gets supplied with weapons by the government to murder Palestinians in the west bank to chase them out of their homes, in an attempt to expand Israel once again.

I do not support violence by either side but is it really so hard to understand her perspective?

[–] [email protected] 36 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Yes, yes it is hard to understand threatening to drink someone's blood and eat their skull.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Ffs this seems like the easy answer

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

World is not easy but rather complicated, sorry to tell you ...

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

She obviously used a rhetorical overstatement to emphasize her propaganda/message there, right? What´s so hard to understand about that?

[–] [email protected] 32 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I do not support violence by either side but is it really so hard to understand her perspective?

yes. everything. especially the blood drinking, terrorist supporting and the fucking hitler reference.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That´s obviously a typical case of overstatement in war propaganda ...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

No shit. Still her statement gross the shit out of me and is completely incomprehensible.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago

Apply context maybe? Pretty easy to comprehend then ...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

@Nacktmull @steventhedev Exactly @Nactmull Pretty sure anyone in her position would be saying less than kind things about their oppresor..and Texans would be DOING less than kind things to them

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

@Nacktmull Texas didn't. I'm using it as an example.

Consider that Texas was once part of Mexico, and imagine if a group of militant Mexicans tried to seize Texas back for " historical" reasons. Now imagine how well Texans might react to that.

It's a reference for Americans to look at Israel versus Palestine

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I see what you mean and agree. I think an even better example would be the first nations seizing back the USA from the european occupiers. In that example there even is a "justification" by genocide involved (probably in the Texas/Mexico example too but idk that much about it)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Do you have a limit at where the bloodlust stops being understandable? I, for one, have never felt remotely angry enough to think drinking blood looks good. Shooting people in the head, sure, but eating people? Hell no.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Do you have a limit at where the bloodlust stops being understandable?

In an endless exchange of atrocities like this, sadly there seems to be no limit for bloodlust and hate because both sides are caught in a self amplifying loop of revenge. Please be aware that understanding something does not equal rating it in any way.

I, for one, have never felt remotely angry enough to think drinking blood looks good. Shooting people in the head, sure, but eating people? Hell no.

That´s probably a crude overstatement used as a rhetorical element in her propaganda statement and not meant literally, right? Pretty easy to understand imo.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

In the context of a war where atrocities are being committed every day and the video is available to watch I don't think that somebody saying 'I want to join in' can be dismissed as rhetoric. When someone tells you who they are you should beleive them.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

Afaik she is a political influencer only and does not take part in any combat at all.