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Literally. Hamas has done basically nothing to help the people. The people of Gaza are the heroes Hamas and Israel are just a couple of monsters victimizing them.
Hamas is the perfect partner for Israeli genocidaires. That's why Israel funded them in the first place.
If Fatah was still in power, Israel would’ve had a much more difficult time in demonizing Gaza in their propaganda outlets.
They also wouldn't need to, because the West wouldn't give a shit about Gaza without Hamas activities to put Palestine in the news. There's a reason Hamas won that election in 2006.
... Gaza was a big fucking deal back when Fatah was in power, and it was when Fatah was at the head of things that the peace process came closest to becoming reality, with significant Western interest and support.
As a humanitarian disaster?
Before I respond, are you talking about the 2005-2007 period?
Yes. Since the fucking 90s.
No, the 1990s, when it was one of the issues in US foreign policy.
Israel giving them money?
I'm pretty sure that was after 2006. Leading up to the 2006 elections Hamas highlighted the success of violent resistance in ejecting Israel from Gaza compared to the abject failure of peaceful resistance by Fatah. My point here is that despite their many flaws, they actually get things done, and their getting things done is a large part of why the Palestinian cause has gotten as far as it has.
Hamas has been receiving Israeli support since the late 80s when it was founded.
What? Speeding up the genocide by being the Israeli right's perfect foil in this grotesque kayfabe?
... Gaza is on the verge of total genocide, and the West Bank is looking to be next. Is that progress for the Palestinian cause?
I just checked and yeah that's true fair enough.
Any effective (or not so effective) act of resistance was going to be met with massive Israeli reprisal, so the only way to not be a foil for the Israeli right is to literally do nothing. See: Fatah.
If somehow Gaza survives this it'll be very much a hotly debated "at what cost" kind of deal, because October 7th did start the countdown for the end of Israel's current existence, but at present no, because of course there need to be Palestinians before there's a Palestinian cause. That said that's not my point; I was responding to the idea that Hamas has been just a parasite passively profiting off Palestinians' suffering when in real life they've been an active contributer to the Palestinian cause while also profiting off Palestinians' suffering. Whether you like their contribution or not (prior to October 7th anyway) is one thing, but they are and were an active resistance organization without which prospects for peace in Palestine would be completely different. I mean there probably wouldn't be a genocide either, but again that's beside the point.
Not directly, but it's no coincidence that the Palestine solidarity movement only expands after Israel uses Hamas as an excuse to slaughter Gazans. Since at least 2006 Hamas has been a very important catalyst for the advancement of the Palestinian cause (which isn't mutually exclusive with them being massive pricks, that's also true).
That's like a Make-a-Wish kid thanking cancer for making them famous Etc. I think most Make-a-Wish kids would just wish that they didn't have cancer. Hamas has literally done nothing for the Palestinians since they managed to gain power. Just make things worse while working in cahoots with Israel.
True, but the cancer in this analogy is Israel, which exists in both scenarios.
In what way did you expect things to get better for Palestinians? I mean I'm not defending Hamas's tyranny in Gaza, but there's a very clear limit to how possible it is to improve things even with the best of intentions (which Hamas doesn't have, to be clear). After the Second Intifada Israel blockaded Gaza, the Quarter (aka almost literally everyone) imposed sanctions on Palestine, Fatah launched a coup with US backing and Israel and Egypt used that as an excuse to impose the much harsher blockade that was in place until 2023. The only way for anything to get better under these conditions is to change the situation that created them, aka the Israeli occupation, and this is one thing Hamas has been successful at. To borrow your Make-a-Wish analogy, the hope is that becoming famous might lead to the kids getting treatment rather than whips.
I never implied wasn't a cancer. But this situation is like cheering for a brain tumor to kill a patient first before the colon cancer does. When the Palestinian people who are the patient in this analogy are just being ravaged from both ends.
As long as the genocidal Zionist who founded Israel are still in charge of Israel, and as long as they largely have Western support. There is zero militarily, Hama's can do to make the lives of Palestinians better. Does that mean they shouldn't fight back? No. But let me ask you this. Can you point to any public works, aid or assistance to the Palestinian people by Hamas? Has hamas as a government behaved as a government. Or have they only ever largely waged war? Genuine question.
I get it, the PLO accomplished very little for the Palestinians as well. That's how Hamas gained power. Hamas existing, doesn't justify Hamas existing. What have they done for the palestinians? And why shouldn't they be cast aside as other groups were. The main reason they haven't been. Is because they would kill the very Palestinians that would do it. The very Palestinians they claim to be fighting for.
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Do you think the average westerner is aware of what is happening in the West Bank?
Do you think the average westerner would be aware of what is happening in Gaza if Hamas wasn't retaliating against Isreal?
I don't condone what Hamas is doing, but I'm not going to be so naive to believe the western world would give a shit about Palestine if not for Hamas putting a spotlight on Gaza. We probably wouldn't even be having this discussion without Hamas, we (in the collective sense) would be letting Isreal annex Palestinian lands with minimal criticism.
Most don't know even with what Hamas is doing. Which is mostly hurting the people they're supposed to represent. Most Palestinians dislike Hamas as much as anyone else. They just can't do anything about it.
You said Hamas has done nothing to help the people. Is getting more privileges in the eyes of the UN not help? Palestine got more rights due to the Gaza war, which Hamas started. Like I said, I don't condone their actions, but their actions do end up putting Israeli atrocities in the forefront which ultimately leads to more people turning against Israel. I wouldn't be surprised if some Palestinians are against Hamas. They're a necessary evil that should be purged as soon as Israel stops trying to eradicate Palestine, but as long as Israel is oppressing Palestine Hamas is necessary if for no other purpose than to draw global attention on Palestine.
If you want Gaza to be like the West Bank then they might as well just roll over and die.
Is it? Honest question. In general I support the idea of the UN and the spirit of it. What good is it?
They can't? Why?
Oh could it be because they're the only armed force that stands between them and mass deportation?
The genocide and deportation is happening, and will happen. Hamas is having no effect. They are only getting more innocent Palestinians killed.
Since coming into power how many elections has Hamas held? Zero? Fuck hamas. What, elections can't be held during an ongoing conflict? Well isn't that just convenient. Let's just keep the conflict going forever and they can stay in power forever. Fuck Hamas.
Who's been getting suitcases of cash from Israel and not used it to actually help the Palestinian people? Fuck Israel, fuck Hama's.
Why is it when a named high level Hamas member is killed it's basically never in Gaza or any of the places they're supposed to be fighting for. Always hundreds to thousands of miles away in some Conflict Free Zone pissing the time away while accomplishing little to nothing. Don't get me wrong I absolutely understand the Strategic value in having a safe point from which to plan. But at some point they need to be in the trenches themselves. And not sending children to be slaughtered.
Honestly the lot of US politicians that have actively funded Israel's conflicts along with the whole of Israeli government should be tried and imprisoned. But just because they are evil. That doesn't make Hamas good.