• kitnaht@lemmy.world
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    That’s because France and Germany have the largest Muslim populations in Europe. Turns out, they don’t like their fellow man being murdered indiscriminately.

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      Or simply because genocide bad ? I’m not Muslim but would clearly welcome some sanctions

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        Didn’t you know? Your “fellow man” is the same religion &/or ethnicity as you (not your exact gender. That would be crazy talk). It’s impossible to view yourself as a global citizen, the entire human species as your fellow man, all life on Earth as your relatives, or all matter in the universe “same same, but different” forms of energy.

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      Tbh we have a large Muslim population in Germany but we don’t miss out on any opportunity to shit on them in any European country with large Muslim migrant population. We don’t really treat them as equals in a sense that their voices are usually ignored and they are being patronized as you could see with issues like female athletes from France not being allowed to use their right of religious freedom (hijab ban).

      I’m surprised that there come such clear words from France and I hope they stick to this.

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        Fellow – sharing a particular activity, quality, or condition with someone or something.

        So yeah - that part was covered. Also “man” in this context is short for Human, not man as in male.

        Reading comprehension for the win!

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          ‘fellow man’ is normally used to mean any other human, not only those with certain traits

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            I mean, if you just wanted to let everyone know that you’re prejudiced, you could have just come out and said it directly.

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              Reading comprehension is not your strong point is it.

              You said fellowman, as in you believe the only people in Europe who care about other people at all are Muslims. Seeing as this is too ridiculous to be your meaning we are left to wonder.

              Did you not mean to say Muslims would be concerned about what is happening to fellow Muslims?

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                Critical thinking isn’t your strong suit, is it?

                He said fellow man, not fellowman, as in he is suggesting that people in France and Germany take exception to the indiscriminate murder of other human beings, of any religious affiliation, taking place as a result of the Israeli occupation of Gaza.

                How you weren’t able to comprehend this with your clearly superior reading comprehension skills is a mystery that is too ridiculous to comprehend, so we are left to wonder.

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                  That’s because France and Germany have the largest Muslim populations in Europe. Turns out, they don’t like their fellow man being murdered indiscriminately.

                  He is referring to the Muslim population, not that people in France and Germany as a whole do.

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                    My brother in Christ, there is no fix for stupid, and for that I’m sorry. Best of luck in your future endeavors, I can tell you’re going to need it.

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          Or with Martians? The point is they mostly care about this particular conflict is because it’s muslims that are getting slaughtered

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            Even when you’re not a Muslim you can easily acknowledge that genocide against Muslims is as bad as against anyone else. And if you ask Muslims on the question of genocide against anyone I’m sure the answer wouldn’t differ to genocide against Muslims, because it’s such a natural thing to oppose genocide.

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              Well that’s the point, innit? Do we see the same level of reaction for Darfur, Burkina Faso, Saudi-Arabia, …

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                I keep hearing this „but what about Sudan?“ kind of thing. I mean also what about the children in Gaza vs the outrage when Israeli children are getting killed.

                The goal of the protests for Palestine is to overcome imperialism and colonialism as a whole. The movement won’t stop when Palestine is free but only when everyone is free.

                That we don’t see the same reaction for the people of Sudan is part of the problem, not a reason to delegitimize the pro-Palestine movement.

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                  But that’s my exactly my point: you don’t see the MP from this post asking for the athletes of any of those other countries to be banned. Doesn’t that make him part of the problem? Does the fact that he only seems to care about one very particular conflict (as per the comment we’re replying on: “because he’s in a country with a large muslim population”) not make his concern seem insincere?