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minus-squareDaDragon@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6·9 months agoIt’s the same way I can’t completely blame Hamas fighters for everything they did on them being bad people, either. It’s a way of acknowledging that the difference between me/you and them is not their actions themselves, but primarily their targets. It’s why simply removing the ‘problematic’ individuals on either side can’t fix anything, and we should keep that in mind lest nothing can change.
It’s the same way I can’t completely blame Hamas fighters for everything they did on them being bad people, either.
It’s a way of acknowledging that the difference between me/you and them is not their actions themselves, but primarily their targets.
It’s why simply removing the ‘problematic’ individuals on either side can’t fix anything, and we should keep that in mind lest nothing can change.