#hypocricy

''The founding of Israel was based on displacement of Palestinians''- Look, I don't want to minimize that at all because people losing their homes is fucking terrible but that doesn't mean the solution is expelling Israelis now. There was a population exchange between Greece and Tuurkey in 1922. Both sides ethnically cleansed people. It was a terrible thing to do. But both Turkey and Greece exist now as two seperate states with clearly defined borders (if you ignore some shit erdogan tries to pull in the agean). And you don't question Greece's or Turkey's right to not be wiped off.

''Israeli identity is fake because it was based on smth that happened 3000 years ago!!!''- Ok sorry to break it to you but us Greeks have made our entire national identity revolve around who we were 3000 years ago. And if you want to argue abt fakeness of identity I would argue ours was a less organic one. Jewish people maintained the same religion and basic belief systems for 3000 years. They continuously felt the connection with Eretz Yisrael. We switched to Orthodox christianity from whatever 12 god shit we had, we lost most of our literacy that allowed us to keep tpuch with ancient texts, we embraced so many customs from the Ottomans and YET it was still valid when we tried to reclaim our ancient greek identity to build a nation partly on the basis of that

''European colonial powers helped prop up Israel which means it is an imperialistic state!''- Do you think Greece got independence or gained more land purely through OUR military strength lol?

Like, you can’t say you care about exploitation while you are enabling its atrocities and are actively participating in an industry built on it.

Animal agriculture isn’t some neutral background system. It runs on control over bodies, forced reproduction, separation of mothers and babies, systemic sexual assault and sodomy, gender-specific murder of babies due to economic inefficiency, and treating living beings as units of production. That’s not a fringe take - that’s literally how the system functions. Cows don’t just “give” milk. Chickens don’t naturally produce eggs at industrial levels. None of this exists without constant human intervention and manipulation.

And then people will turn around and talk about feminism, bodily autonomy, and consent, while funding industries that override those concepts entirely for billions of animals. You don’t get to selectively apply ethics only when it’s convenient or socially normalized.

And it’s not just about animals.

This system is tied directly to environmental collapse. Huge portions of deforestation - including massive chunks of the Amazon - are driven by land clearing for grazing and feed crops. Oceans and coral reefs are being gutted by industrial fishing. Entire ecosystems are collapsing.

It’s tied to human exploitation too. Slaughterhouse workers have some of the highest rates of PTSD and workplace injury out there. These are often underpaid, marginalized workers put into violent, high-speed environments and expected to just cope with it.

And globally? Wealthy countries outsource the damage. Land gets stripped, water gets polluted, and communities in poorer regions deal with the consequences so others can maintain consumption habits without thinking twice. Not because they need to. It's because they WANT to.

So yeah...when people say they’re anti-exploitation, anti-capitalist, pro-environment, pro-justice… but won’t even examine their role in this system, it comes off as inconsistent at best.

You don’t have to be perfect. No one is. But acting like this is some irrelevant side issue instead of one of the largest, most normalized forms of exploitation on the planet?

Also Stella apologists when Valentino is a three-dimensional villain:

Like, do you people believe villains need to be three-dimensional in order to be "good villains" or not!?

1. If you have ever owned an apple product, you support sweat shop labour

2. If you are a fan of bloodborne, call of cthulu, or have read/purchased/enjoyed anything by H.P. Lovecraft, you are racist

3. If you enjoy Shakespear, and have anything in regards to him, you support pedophilia

4. If you ever supported the far cry series, you support workplace abuse.

5. Ever purchased anything made/owned by Disney? Not only are you racist, you're homohobic too!

Before you say 'it is different.' No, it's not.

Me: Checks his usage and sees Chrome is the largest user

Me, a hunch later: Checks how many tabs he has open

My dad's phone: 60 different Facebook tabs. All of the Facebook homepage

Me: Lectures my Dad about closing tabs when he's done with them

Also me: AO3 user. Open tabs: 96