My new year's resolution
I will not waste time arguing with strangers who don't deserve my time and energy.
A brief summary of a recent online discussion in which I was involved, regarding the October 7 pogrom and Hamas fighters’ infliction of sexual violence against Israeli victims:
Me: “The New York Times interviewed several survivors of the October 7 attacks who say they witnessed people being brutally raped and then murdered. For anyone demanding ‘proof’ that Hamas used rape as a weapon, this should settle the argument.”
Pro-Palestinian stranger (PPS): “LOL this article doesn’t prove anything.”
Me: “How so?”
PPS: “Well, there’s no firsthand evidence from any of the women who were supposedly raped.”
Me: “Yeah, that’s a good point. Why didn’t any of the women Hamas raped and then murdered come forward to testify about it?”
PPS: “Well, there should be forensic evidence about the alleged rapes, like with any other crime, and it’s strange that the Israelis haven’t carried out any forensic examinations.”
Me: “Here you go.”
PPS: “But why haven’t they made any of that forensic evidence public so independent third parties can review it?”
Pro-Palestinian stranger #2: “Okay, I’ve read that bullshit New York Times article and, I mean, where is the evidence that any of these people even exist?”
Me:
PPS: “LOL we completely destroyed him with facts and logic.”
PPS #2: “I wonder how many shekels he was paid for it?”
Back in the 2000s, when 9/11 conspiracy theories were the hot new thing, there was a Canadian TV commentator who went all-in on arguing that 9/11 was an inside job.
When a videotape of Osama Bin Laden was discovered in which he confessed to masterminding the attacks, that must have made the troofers’ job more difficult, right?
Of course not, said this TV host. There was a movie called Cats and Dogs which came out not long ago showing cats and dogs speaking, so if they can do that, obviously they can make it look like Bin Laden - assuming he’s real and not just a character dreamed up in some Hollywood studio - “admit” to anything.
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