Surprisingly, despite being in the south, most people seem to support Palestine. Except for this one trump supporting guy who screams that Israel is the “only democracy” in the middle east and how the Muslims are “terrorists” It’s kind of funny because just a couple days ago, he was screeching “America First! America First! Stop giving aid to Ukraine. Take care of our own!” (Not a bad thing) but apparently, Israel doesn’t count and we “need to send them more money.”
I remember how it felt after 9/11, where it was like a deluge of hatred against Muslims and bloodthirsty. It was frightening.
Right now feels different. I haven’t encountered a lot of pro-Israel people, even the conservatives and libs seem wary. I live in the south too. The only bloodthirsty type I’ve encountered so far is an ex-marine coworker who is a surface level lunatic. He keeps complaining the IDF has too much trans activism to fight against Hamas, so that’s the type of rhetoric I’m hearing.
It’s all been either tepid sort of “war is bad” or just unhinged racist conspiracy theories. Actually feels a lot different than the initial Iraq War surge.
my solution is to not have any liberal friends
Most people I know either just don’t want WW3 to start or are pro-Palestine. I’ve taken to saying “for legal reasons I can’t discuss this right now” when it comes up with coworkers or strangers or whoever I’m not sure about, which says a lot while technically saying nothing I feel.
I have a couple close friends that are on the “both sides” bullshit and I just told them outright that we aren’t gonna talk about it until they grow up and are prepared to consider other perspectives.
Bring up the fact that Trump blames Netanyahu, and god’s speed 🫡
it’s honestly been pretty fucking hard on me. whenever i think about the whole situation, especially how western media will do anything to twist the narrative, i get pretty bummed. seeing pro palestinian sentiment online though has been reinvigorating and beautiful. i hope this situation can bring more people onto the left and in solidarity with working and oppressed peoples worldwide
