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Why aren't people flying Palestinian flags? (hexbear.net)
submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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When the Ukraine war kicked off there were Ukraine flags all over the place. All the lib houses with the "we believe in signs" had it up. Now I'm not surprised they aren't flying Palestinian flags right now, but I haven't seen a single one and I'm in "blue hole" part of the country. I would expect to see something more than the occasional pin or button. It pisses me off that people still have out their sunbleached Ukraine flags while there is a blantant genocide going on. Truly it reveals the liberal libidinal urge for permission.

Is there a better place to buy a Palestinian flag than amazon?

EDIT: I dont expect the same houses flying Ukrainian flags to fly Palestinian flags. I just expect some homes in my city to be flying a Palestinian flag. Its such a blue hole that theres actually a socialist presence. I know there's people who support Palestine here. I'm not worried about a Zionist lynch mob.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago (6 children)

The only one i've seen recently was a cursed Palestinian-flag-over-top-a-Ukrainian-flag. Looked horrible and confused me for a second, especially since the flags weren't going the same direction.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago (4 children)

There's the a fair amount of people who actually support both Ukraine and Palestine. They're probably also constantly confused with how the world is moving.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

It’s not that complex. Pro-Ukrainian propaganda was significantly more successful than Pro-Israeli propaganda. Ukraine was a flash in the pan for many people, whereas the Palestinian genocide was broadcasted directly to the eyes of many people. Russia and Ukraine at least had the optics of a war with two armies fighting each other. Many people don’t see Hamas as Palestine’s standing army.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago

They'll figure it out once they stop confusing window cleaner for juice.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I would say it’s an extremely small group of people who aren’t very politically engaged that support both. The more into geopolitics you are, the more likely you are to see the dividing line between global south and global north and know to back one side (ie, support Israel + Ukraine or support Palestine + Russia). It’s only the most surface level passive people who could hold the contradictory position of supporting Ukraine + Palestine

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

I know a number of Ukraine + Palestine supporters. They’re soft on Palestine, because Hamas Scary, but support a single state end to the occupation. I think it’s a default woke-lib position, to support the small against the large, the invaded against the invader, and the colonized against the colonist. It betrays a misunderstanding of the facts, but I don’t think it’s hard for well meaning people to get there.

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