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[โ€“] Lumidaub@feddit.org 71 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (35 children)

How does buyeuropean even suggest any stance towards anything happening in West Asia?


Edit: i just wanted to snark at weird people in the OP and i didn't think this would be somehow controversial. i'm on your and palestine's side but i'm in no mental shape for this discussion and trying to explain what i mean further so i'm out.

[โ€“] unconsequential@slrpnk.net 19 points 5 days ago (14 children)

Because boycotts are a relevant and powerful tool and part of being a thoughtful consumer is being educated on the ethics of the companies youโ€™re monetarily supporting. That would be my guess anyway.

[โ€“] Lumidaub@feddit.org 15 points 5 days ago (13 children)

I don't disagree at all, I just don't see the connection between being a thoughtful consumer and any opinion on what Israel is doing in Palestine whatsoever. Those are two different things in my mind. I am very open to being educated.

[โ€“] locuto@social.tchncs.de -1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

@Lumidaub @unconsequential

I don't see the connection either. Some people are just obsessed with certain topics.

[โ€“] mathemachristian@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Gonna copy my comment here as well

Europe is a major buyer of goods produced in Occupied Palestine. The Occupation regime of west palestine gets material support for their ongoing genocide through tariffs and taxes on these products. Buying products labelled "made in Israel [sic]" materially supports the murder and systematic starvation of children.

Further a lot of "made in europe" products source their stuff from occupied palestine, please refer to https://bdsmovement.net/ if you want to help cut off aid to the genocidal entity.

Also yeah, I think its ok to be "obsessed" with an ongoing genocide especially when it seems like everyone around me seems to have forgotten that currently there are kids being maimed, starved and shot. It's maddening as a parent to see everyone just go about their daily lives as if nothing was happening.

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