clarity — for a better future for all in the region. And ultimately this kind of disavowal of Hamas agency & crimes is no help at all to Palestinians, or their just cause for freedom & a state of their own. 6/6

children, women, & men murdered, brutalised & taken hostage by Hamas if you choose to obscure, deny or legitimise these crimes with dehumanising acts of linguistic erasure. It is also an insult to the many brave 🇵🇸 & 🇮🇱 activists who strive — with dignity, humanity, & moral 5/6

‘Zionist mythbusters’ out there: there is no CAN. Hamas DID absolutely “cause harm and violence”. No ‘can’ about it. Perhaps go talk to some of the families of Oct 7 victims so you realise it’s actually a ‘DID’ and not a ‘CAN’. You are stomping over the bodies of innocent 4/6

- They did them but had no choice;

- They did them but they weren’t that bad;

- They did them but Jews deserve it so crimes don’t count;

- 🇵🇸 resistance fighters “CAN cause harm & violence (I kid you not — a ‘mythbuster’ said this). Correction for all self-ordained 3/6

This erasure is like a linguistic magic trick — words put together in a certain way so as to ‘disappear’ Hamas crimes against both Israelis & Palestinians. Some examples of this disturbing and disturbingly common disavowal:

- They didn’t really do these crimes; 2/6

(I kid you not — a ‘mythbuster’ said this). Correction for all self-ordained ‘Zionist mythbusters’ out there: there is no CAN. Hamas DID absolutely “cause harm and violence”. No ‘can’ about it. Perhaps go talk to some of the families of Oct 7 victims 3/5

together. This erasure takes many forms:

- They didn’t really do these crimes;
- They did them but had no choice;
- They did them but they weren’t that bad;
- They did them but Jews deserve it so crimes don’t count;
- 🇵🇸 resistance fighters “CAN cause harm & violence” — 2/5

I liked this because very cute cat. But perhaps should not have since I ticked cat/dog content in my initial Bluesky set up and now get nothing but!