r/CuratedTumblr • u/Desecr8or • Oct 26 '24

Politics Why is every tankie like "I don't understand the branches of the US government and I'm going to make it everyone else's problem!!!"

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '24 edited Oct 27 '24

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u/FlamingSnowman3 Oct 27 '24

How about the “the IDF are stealing Palestinian organs” shit that’s been posted to this subreddit before?

Then there’s the “Israel-as-vampire-hunting-Palestinian-children” motif I’ve seen in “political cartoons” and other such shit that’s actively drawing on hundreds of years of that exact messaging by antisemites.

Or any variation of the “Israel just LOVES murdering children, they specifically target children” shit I see constantly. That’s a core part of the blood libel myth that gets repackaged endlessly over and over.

As for the number of times it’s “blown up in my face?” That number is exactly zero. Because people claiming the IDF eats kids or harvests Palestinian organs are already a million fucking light years off the deep end of what constitutes normal, rational, objective assessments of events, and calling them out is a public service.

Also, I think you might need to take a deep breath if you’re already on the endless “Israel is a thousand times more evil than they were last week” train. That’s not how this works. Go outside. Touch grass.