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Does anybody actually care that a dude chanted "Death, Death to the IDF" at Glastonbury? (feddit.uk)

submitted 1 day ago by Flax_vert@feddit.uk to c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk

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I'm hearing everyone come out and condemn this thing which is apparently "hate speech" and how apparently terrible it was for the BBC to continue broadcasting it (I don't think they did anything wrong- they were broadcasting a real life event). I understand the upset at kneecap (like supporting Hezbollah and talking about killing MPs) but I don't know how chanting "Death to the IDF" is hate speech- it's not even necessarily calling for death to humans, could be directed towards wanting to disband the organisation.

I don't know why the media and politicians are making such a big deal over it. It feels like they are trying to tell us how awful it was that these people said this thing and that we should apparently be outraged. Or maybe it's just me. I think there are worse things going on in the world.... particularly within the geographical piece of land variously known as Israel/Palestine/Canaan....

~~I'm probably banned from entering the USA now~~

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[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 36 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That military is murdering women and children every day

Fuck em

[+] MrNesser@lemmy.world -1 points 1 day ago (3 children)

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[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 26 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The IDF will never be held responsible for their actions the Israeli government that ordered them should be

You see zero irony and n that comment?

Like, Israel spent decades going after anyone tangentially connected to the Holocaust...

It was just a couple years ago they prosecuted someone in their 90s who was forced to be a teenage secretary for a nazi.

And you're legitimately implying:

The soldiers committing genocide were just following orders. We can't judge them for what they're actively doing , which is committing a genocide

[–] darkdemize@sh.itjust.works 22 points 1 day ago

Individuals who commit war crimes can and should be held responsible for their actions. "Just following orders" wasn't a valid excuse for the Nazis, and it shouldn't be one for the IDF.

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago

Have you heard of the Nuremberg trials?

There is a very strong set precedent that "I was just following orders" does not come close to cutting it.