Many leftists are extremely idealist and get swayed by Western opinion a lot. They dont support Hamas because Hamas are not the perfect MLs freedom fighters. This is childish and just gives ammunition to the liberals to discredit Hamas’ stance. This criticism of Hamas goes against the global decolonization cause. Every time a decolonial group fights against their oppressor, they are criticized even by leftists. Is this what Lenin referred to as left-com?
It sucks that people who one thought were comrades end up doing this. Like are we even on the same team or are you just a closeted liberal? It is crazy, unscientific and unmaterialistic to not consider Palestinian material conditions, and to not consider who they made their champions for this cause, but instead to apply your idealism to the situation.
I personally don’t openly support hamas (or Israel for that matter) just because I don’t like their ways.
Which ways? If you’re referring to their taking hostages, keep in mind that all of them were/are illegal occupiers next to an open-air concentration camp, not innocent civilians by any stretch of the imagination
and the hostages were simply used as political leverage against the occupation state, their own testimonies claim they were often treated well.
yes, in stark contrast to the hostages taken by “Israel”
that’s nice but this question was for leftists, not liberals
So they should peacefully vote and march to stop the genocide? How do you peacefully defend yourself against people who want to erase your existence from earth?
Well Ion’t like your ways either cracker