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Richard D

(10,018 posts)
8. There are plenty of
Tue Jun 3, 2025, 09:01 AM
Jun 2025

Palestinians who are telling the truth about Gaza and Hamas that are not spreading lies and antisemitic hatred. But people believe what they want to believe, and few do any real research that goes a micron beyond their set beliefs. People believe the lies of Hamas because that is in the comfort zone of their cognitive bias--damn the real facts and real history.

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These poor people, Goddessartist Jun 2025 #1
Any confirmation to the rumors contributing the latest violence to the "pariah state"? Beastly Boy Jun 2025 #3
Any confirmation of the Hamas health ministry and alleged eyewitnesses attributing the casualties and violence to IDF? Beastly Boy Jun 2025 #2
The IDF says they "directed" shots "near" Palestinians, after their "warning fire" muriel_volestrangler Jun 2025 #4
For accuracy, here is the full quote you are referring to: Beastly Boy Jun 2025 #13
You have repeated the exact paragraph I gave in the OP muriel_volestrangler Jun 2025 #16
My responses are not found in any OPs in LBN. Beastly Boy Jun 2025 #18
a lot of what is being reported from that region is bullshit. mopinko Jun 2025 #5
The IDF admitted to doing the shootings iemanja Jun 2025 #27
Sadly after reading mo's link, it looks like there was a massacre the evening before too questionseverything Jun 2025 #34
People so want to believe... Richard D Jun 2025 #6
Who is the "source known to be a distributor of false information" you're talking about? muriel_volestrangler Jun 2025 #9
Tell me this is a rhetorical question Beastly Boy Jun 2025 #17
Yes. Richard D Jun 2025 #23
So you don't believe the workers in the hospitals, who are there, trying to save lives. muriel_volestrangler Jun 2025 #35
It's an enteresting question Richard D Jun 2025 #36
The people trying to save lives don't have an incentive to lie; those trying to take them do. muriel_volestrangler Jun 2025 #38
Knock it off! Chi67 Jun 2025 #20
Perhaps true, perhaps not true . . . Richard D Jun 2025 #21
WTF?! Chi67 Jun 2025 #22
Is it antisemetic . . . Richard D Jun 2025 #24
The bbc is reputable, nameless, faceless internet posters are not questionseverything Jun 2025 #30
I never said that. Chi67 Jun 4 #42
Thank you!! It's crazy making and I think intentional. 58Sunliner Jun 2025 #26
The source is the IDF iemanja Jun 2025 #29
It's amazing Goddessartist Jun 2025 #7
There are plenty of Richard D Jun 2025 #8
The same Goddessartist Jun 2025 #10
And yet... Richard D Jun 2025 #11
It seems Goddessartist Jun 2025 #14
Claiming that Israel is engaged in genocide is antisemitic. Mosby Jun 2025 #25
Is it anti-american to criticize the US for Trump? 58Sunliner Jun 2025 #28
So my Goddessartist Jun 2025 #33
You mean objecting to shooting of people seeking food aid iemanja Jun 2025 #31
The IDF did not admit to doing the killings Richard D Jun 2025 #37
You are misinformed. The BBC has not "backpedaled the story". muriel_volestrangler Jun 2025 #39
Check again Richard D Jun 2025 #40
As it happens, I already had. And the BBC did nothing that anyone could call "backpedalling" muriel_volestrangler Jun 4 #41
Recent. Richard D Jun 4 #43
(a) who cares? muriel_volestrangler Jun 4 #44
And no, Richard D Jun 2025 #12
Was that Goddessartist Jun 2025 #15
The loss of human life is boring to you? iemanja Jun 2025 #32
But they are not dismisseed. Their reliability as witnesses is being scrutinized, and often proven ouright defective . Beastly Boy Jun 2025 #19
It's looking more and more that the world was duped (again) Richard D Jun 4 #45
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