At least on this topic, you can pretty reliably identify teenagers on the Internet because they think they are the first generation to be critical of Israel, and nobody in the west was talking about Israeli apartheid before 2024.
Funny that they're bringing up Palestine in that same comment, because they seem to understand nuance when it comes to Hamas, but never when it comes to Syria or Ukraine.
And that's without even going to Aljazeera. They're probably technically not "western media" but are a TV channel available on every TV in the west afaik and obviously broadcast in English.
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A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip · 18 pts · 2d
The problem with stories like these - and most world politics - is, there are no good guys.
Some people just can't wrap their minds around that and end up inhaling copium.
LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net · 4 pts · 2d
I was gonna say... is the new government better than Assad? Maybe... it's not super clear to me yet.
TanteRegenbogen@feddit.org · 6 pts · 2d
Yeah it is not clear yet. We thought it would go better for Tunesia after the Arab Spring until it turned into another dictatorship.
ChairmanMeow@programming.dev · 4 pts · 2d
It doesn't seem to be dropping barrel bombs on their own civilians so that's a half-decent start at least.
Melchior@feddit.org · 11 pts · 2d
Also the great "news source" of TASS. No wonder they end up like this.
PonyOfWar@pawb.social · 11 pts · 2d
Also "allied with Israel"? Israel is literally bombing Syria right now. But I guess that wouldn't fit the narrative.
socsa@piefed.social · 6 pts · 2d
At least on this topic, you can pretty reliably identify teenagers on the Internet because they think they are the first generation to be critical of Israel, and nobody in the west was talking about Israeli apartheid before 2024.
Rose@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 2d
Funny that they're bringing up Palestine in that same comment, because they seem to understand nuance when it comes to Hamas, but never when it comes to Syria or Ukraine.
rimu@piefed.social · 4 pts · 2d
https://edition.cnn.com/search?q=genocide
Plenty of coverage of the Gaza genocide. And others. https://edition.cnn.com/search?q=gaza+genocide if you want to be more focused.
And that's without even going to Aljazeera. They're probably technically not "western media" but are a TV channel available on every TV in the west afaik and obviously broadcast in English.
RockBottom@feddit.org · -4 pts · 2d
Anti-communism white washes all terrorism.
TanteRegenbogen@feddit.org · 4 pts · 2d
By anti-communism, can you clarify what you mean?
RockBottom@feddit.org · -7 pts · 2d
Tankie-Slop - Tankies are a danger, ISIS is fine.
TanteRegenbogen@feddit.org · 9 pts · 2d
No one said ISIS is fine. And do you seriously think tankies are communists?
RockBottom@feddit.org · -2 pts · 2d
I'm not an official voice about these kinds of things.
TanteRegenbogen@feddit.org · 3 pts · 1d
So are you trolling or what?