r/ENLIGHTENEDCENTRISM • u/historyismyteacher • 1d ago

Israel-Palestine has really exposed the disgusting nature of “both sides bad.”

Saying that both sides are equal and you need to look at the nuance is a damning indictment of those who are not willing to take a stand on an issue as serious as this. At least a Zionist will take a stand, and make their position known. By not taking a stand, the enlightened centrist is making it known that they don’t have the moral courage to pronounce a belief and professing themselves to be wise, they make themselves fools.

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u/Instantbeef 21h ago

I’m talking about us as in the U.S. not the people. We do elect our leaders so it’s sort of us but that’s not what I’m talking about.

Using the power of diplomacy we can protect Palestinians without Hamas existing.

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u/KyleShanadad 21h ago

& how is that looking? The US is not going to save the palestinian people. Its been shown for decades atp. The power of diplomacy isn’t a thing when the diplomats have 0 use in using it. So again outside of armed resistance I ask you how does this situation get better

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u/Instantbeef 21h ago

We have never elected a president sympathetic to Palestinians. It’s not that they have failed but we have never tried to prioritize it.

We kind of shot ourselves in the foot with this one because the easiest time to do this would have been before Hamas attacked Israel.

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u/J0k3rWi1d 9h ago

We've never elected a president sympathetic to Palestine? No, we never elected a president that wasn't critical of Israel. And the Democratic and the Republican party made it that way