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Israel/Palestine

Beastly Boy

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7. Oh no, please, not Gandhi!

Reply to Gaugamela (Reply #6)

Mon Jun 9, 2025, 08:22 PM

Jun 9

Gandhi never claimed he was kidnapped. He never claimed that children will die if he didn't deliver salt to them.

I know how symbolic protest works. It is meant to gain publicity. Were the publicity Gandhi sought to center on himself, he would have been the first to condemn it, not promote it.

I have no clue how symbolic food helps starving children, especially when everybody knows they will not see it, not even the symbolism in it.

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Gideon Levy pushes back on Israeli claims regarding the Madleen [View all] Goddessartist Jun 9 OP

Ummm... how many journalists were in th selfie flotilla? Beastly Boy Jun 9 #1

There is one journalist among the crew of the Madleen. It's not a ship it's a 60' sailing yacht. It's Gaugamela Jun 9 #2

An Al Jazeera journalist. Very unbiased choice, right? Beastly Boy Jun 9 #4

What was Gandhi going to do with the paltry amount of salt he got from the sea? Do you seriously Gaugamela Jun 9 #6

Oh no, please, not Gandhi! Beastly Boy Jun 9 #7

LOL. It's hard work clutching at straws to defend an ethno-religious supremacist Gaugamela Jun 9 #8

It's a full-time job. Takes a lot of imagination too. AloeVera Jun 9 #9

Yep Goddessartist Jun 10 #15

I wouldn't know. Beastly Boy Jun 9 #11

The amount of aid was a lot more than Gazans got for at least 200 days of the "war". AloeVera Jun 9 #12

They got none of it! Not even "symbolically". Beastly Boy Jun 9 #13

You mean Israel lied? That just shocks me. AloeVera Jun 9 #14

Do tell me what I mean! Beastly Boy Jun 10 #16

Watch the video n/t Goddessartist Jun 9 #3

I did. n/t Beastly Boy Jun 9 #5

He is right. It is what we don't know that worries Israel. AloeVera Jun 9 #10