#exactly allies. and people suggest gaza is some sort of criminal outpost in the middle east | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

eddieydewr · 3 months ago

Note

Hi! This may be a bit of a rant but there is something I really wanna share with someone so I hope you don't mind.

I have a friend who I knew 'cause we were in the same club at uni. He's very eloquent and smart, so I really respect him (but mostly from afar 'cause I was shy lol). And then I saw him post about ST season 4, and about Will in particular so I mustered up my courage and messaged him "hey have u seen the parallels between Will and Vecna?". And we started talking about other ST-related stuff. We even ranted a lot about vol 2 after watching that lol. We also talked about books and TV shows and overall, I was glad ST helped me make more friends.

When the free Palestine movement became popular last year, I was not surprised when I saw him post about Gaza or Rafah 'cause well... he's just like a typical queer, chronically online, twitter user lol (both complimentary and derogatory, sometimes I find his humor funny, sometimes I just wanna roll my eyes). We have never talked about this topic and honestly I really don't feel like. I just simply carry on sharing posts and stories about discrimination against Jewish and Israeli people and anti-Hamas stuff.

And then recently I saw him posting overtly anti-Israel things, like "u think this is hot now, wait til you go to hell for supporting Israel". Not gonna lie, I chuckled when I saw that 'cause first of all, I am an atheist so whatever man I don't believe in hell anyway. Second, I don't know what other non-Jewish people who support Israel (as in 'its existence is legitimate and the people there deserve peace', not the government itself) may feel about hell, but as far as I'm concerned, Jewish people don't seem to put that much weight on the concept of hell and heaven, right?. So like "bro you should have choose something else more menacing than that lol"

Now I can scroll through that post but what irks me the most is what he chose to share today.

https://x.com/redstreamnet/status/1841561550378651724

I find it so freaking ironic how after everything that has happened in Iran recently (and how many Iranians have spoken out against the Islamic republic), this is the first Iran-related thing he posted about. Like I'm so close to just forward to him a video of Iranians celebrating the death of Nasrallah or comments/posts of Iranians thanking Israel for it, or overall just people between these two countries wishing each other peace and freedom. I'm not sure if I can call what I'm feeling "anger" 'cause it's not exactly strong as when I see people deny October 7. But there is surely a sense of resignation.

I don't see those pro-pal people as bad or evil. I actually believe that most of them have good intentions, but to me, they are too caught up in their self-righteousness and black-and-white views to acknowledge the grey area of this whole mess.

I saw you own up to your own hypocrisy a few days ago and ngl I admire you for that lol. I only think of humans as "paradoxical by nature" so a person saying conflicting stuff is normal to me. But it's annoying as hell when someone doesn't think they are capable of hypocrisy or double standards.

Anyways, have a great day. Thank you for reading all this. Sorry it's kinda long. Being concise is not my strong suit lol.

hey anon, let’s hug. if you want?

i rly don’t have much to offer bc my brain is currently mush, you probably just wanted to vent and that’s ok. i just didn’t want to leave you on read. 💚

look, i’m using jquinn even though he annoys me atm but i just couldn’t resist, lmao. like yeah, #me.

#beth answers #i hear you and everything #also your friend. ask yourself if you’re happy with him. whatever that means. it sounds like you’re willing to agree to disagree but #he may not?? like some people just can’t compromise on some issues and that’s ok. but tbh the whole geopolitics in the middle east is #complex and has a very long history. it’s not as clear cut as saying israel is a product of western imperalism or white supremacy #nor is every arab country having similar values/democracies. even islamic terror orgs don’t always align #like consider the situation with that woman who was kidnapped by the isis and she was being held in gaza even though isis and hamas aren’t #exactly allies. and people suggest gaza is some sort of criminal outpost in the middle east #which could be true to an extent but it’s important to recognise it’s not fair on the civilians. even if they share hamas’ values bc of #their upbringing. but we gotta be careful bc we can’t steer towards racism of low expectations bc arabs are very capable and intelligent #like it’s obvious to me hamas are seen as noble savages but referred to as freedom fighters. i just think it’s important to be balanced #people can say israel is a safe haven for paedos and sex offenders which is bullshit and based in antisemitism (thanks jeffery epistein)#in every community there are bad people and they shouldn’t be held as the standard. which should be applied to ~bad orgs/states too #it’s just not easy! even geopolitics experts struggle. otherwise we’d have world peace but lmao #hey looks like i managed to say something after all #umm tldr you know your friend but you know yourself too and it’s important to have boundaries #but not to let something get in the way especially if it doesn’t concern either of you personally in the grand scheme of things #if that makes sense. like i’m not gonna ditch a friend if they think the moon landing is fake #unless they make it their whole personality and it gets in the way of our relationship #so you know. go with your gut. look at the big picture but details are important too #which i recognise is a privileged position to have and possibly ignorant #but i have to consider myself and the people i love. then my community and the place i live. then the country #then everything else. even though i want to help with things out of my control but i also feel like i shouldn’t have to feel like this?#like i’m not someone who signed up for this. ppl who have should be able to do so to the best of their abilities. i’m just not that person #ok i’ll shut now lmao mwah #sorry this is late btw

1 note · View note