Steve QJ
2 min readApr 17, 2024

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Oh, you live in Gaza? Or perhaps the West Bank? My mistake. Because otherwise, your claim to special knowledge of Palestinian suffering because you live in Israel is like claiming to understand what life is like for the slaves because you live in the big house.

If you're "not ignorant" of the situation I'm describing, please tell me why you say the "claim of "daily humiliations and mistreatments" that [I'm] repeating is a bald-faced lie straight out of Hamas' PR playbook".

Please tell me why you say I "literally have no idea what I'm talking about" when you acknowledge that what I'm saying is true. Tell me how there was “so much that is factually inaccurate” in my response.

And as you can see if you follow the links I so helpfully provide, much of the evidence I’m providing is from people who live there. None of these diversion tactics carry any weight.

The slaveowners believed that most of the stories about the brutalisation of slaves were untrue too by the way. They were so convinced that they were generous benefactors that they thought runaway slaves must be mentally ill. Why else would they leave the safety of the plantation and seek their freedom??!

The reason you are receiving such strong pushback, the reason why public opinion is shifting so heavily against Israel, is not antisemitism. Though I know that many people in your position are desperate to believe it is. It's because you've been indoctrinated into cheerleading the dehumanisation and murder of the millions of people your country is already cruelly mistreating.

The worst thing is, deep down, I think you‘re smart enough to know it.

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Steve QJ
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