let’s uh

let’s not spread misinformation about the israeli palestine conflict on social media to make ourselves feel political and activist-y and woke? please?

this is not jewish people vs. muslim people. this is not a religious war.

israelis are not evil genociders who are trying to wipe out the palestinian race.

palestinians are not terrorists. hamas are terrorists but palestine as a whole is not.

nobody deserves to die. we shouldn’t be saying that all zionists should die. we shouldn’t be saying that anyone who’s pro israel should die or that anyone who’s pro palestine should die. really, we shouldn’t be wishing death on anyone, and we shouldn’t be pro-anything but peace.

both sides are in the right and both sides are in the wrong. NOBODY should be dying.

do you really want to help the innocent people caught in the crossfire? actually do your research instead of attacking people for trying to have empathy for the other side. actually find it in your heart to want freedom and life for ALL people. not just palestinians. not just israelis. EVERYONE. that’s the only way this war will ever end.

it’s the fact that so many people on here just mindlessly “root for” palestine while completely ignoring why israel is doing what it’s doing, or vice versa. it’s ridiculous and hypocritical. EVERYONE in gaza is suffering. everyone. not just the side that’s the most talked about online in your little discord/tumblr bubbles. this conflict won’t be solved by putting flags in your description or wearing a “from the river to the sea” t shirt. stop making people’s lives a social media campaign. stop acting like you know everything about the conflict when you haven’t even talked to a single person who lives in gaza right now and is enduring this.

Like, you don’t like a character? Cool. You don’t vibe with a storyline? Fine. But when your whole account becomes a shrine to that hate—when you’re posting daily, making edits, writing essays, stirring drama over things you claim to “not care about”… that’s not criticism. That’s obsession.

And it’s not healthy.

Critics say their piece and move on. What y’all are doing? That’s not moving on. That’s camping in bitterness. That’s projecting your own unresolved stuff onto stories that were never written for you in the first place.

And the worst part? The energy you put out is poison. It clings. It seeps into everything. You think you're just “calling things out,” but what you’re really doing is sucking the joy out of spaces meant for passion and creativity.

You’re allowed to have opinions. But there’s a huge difference between having an opinion and dedicating your life to hate.

An opinion is: “I don’t really like lattes. They’re too sweet for me.” And then you move on.

Hate is: “I HATE lattes. People who drink them are idiots. The person who invented them is dumb. This is trash. And actually, lattes might k*ll you, so let me make a whole post about why you’re wrong for enjoying them.”

See the difference?

You don’t have to like everything. But turning your dislike into a personality trait—and expecting applause for your bitterness—isn’t normal. It’s not “critical thinking.” It’s obsession.

So ask yourself this:

...that's such a great question.

My approach has been to try and read anybody who is intellectually honest, regardless of their perspective. I try to read people who I may think are wrong, but who are not arguing in bad faith.

I don't know that I can recommend any book which I think covers more than one perspective well.

I think maybe this is the sort of topic which genuinely requires reading many books...which will contradict each other.

Far more effective to say hey this is a humanitarian crisis and it's really concerning that so many people have been forced into Rafah which is now being attacked, the lack of access to safe zones and medicine and food and clean water and electricity could possibly turn this into a genocide soon. That helps way more because then you can actually hear the alarm bells.

And hey, then maybe people might see more urgency to examine why there's this lack of access to critical resources. Maybe then more people will realise that Hamas has been stealing all aid resources and depriving Gazans of what they so desperately need.