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[-] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 59 points 2 years ago

What did she say? I don't want news to tell me how to feel.

[-] Silverseren@kbin.social 63 points 2 years ago

She said that the execution and murder videos would have been better viewing if they had flipped their phones horizontally.

[-] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 58 points 2 years ago

I mean that's incredibly poor taste and way out of line, but I wouldn't call that "pro-hamas" or deserving of being fired.

[-] wahming@monyet.cc 15 points 2 years ago

It has more taste when you realise it wasn't referring to videos of the HAMAS atrocities, but of Israeli atrocities.

[-] seathru@lemm.ee 38 points 2 years ago

Some people take the portrait vs. landscape argument way to seriously.

[-] grayman@lemmy.world 33 points 2 years ago

There is no extreme too extreme in the war against the verticles.

[-] Pyroglyph@lemmy.world 25 points 2 years ago

I thought you were joking at first. In what universe could this be considered supporting them?

[-] severien@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

How else do you interpret that statement?

[-] Pyroglyph@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Dark humour.

Consider the following fictional situation:
A news story comes out detailing a terrible tragedy where some people were stuck in a collapsed mine for months and that they had to eat one of their dead to survive. A horrible situation by all accounts. One of the miners is later interviewed and they mention how bad it was to have to eat someone. Someone then posts online saying this: "Next time it won't taste so bad if you add some salt and pepper."

Is the person who made the post condoning cannibalism? Of course not. Was the comment in poor taste? Absolutely. (Pun not intended)

[-] Neon@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

maybe the "film horizontally" part.

but the "Freedom Fighters" Part is a clear Endorsement from her.

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

"I just want to make it clear that this statement in no way shape or form is [inciting] spread of violence," she said. "I specifically said freedom fighters because that's what the Palestinian citizens are... fighting for freedom every day.

[-] Pyroglyph@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I was only referring to the "film horizontally" part, which is what the original comment (that I thought was a joke) was referring to.

[-] Neon@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

right, but that's not what was bad about what she said. You can't just Cherry-Pick what you like and leave out what you don't.

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 years ago

I just want to make it clear that this statement in no way shape or form is [inciting] spread of violence," she said. "I specifically said freedom fighters because that's what the Palestinian citizens are... fighting for freedom every day.

[-] Neon@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

how anyone can say that after seeing what they did to Shani Louk and all the others is a mystery to me.

This is absolutely inexcusable Behaviour and she should feel Consequences for it.

[-] Critical_Insight@feddit.uk 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Hamas as an organization doesn't represent the Palestine people as whole, and an individual Hamas fighter even less so.

While your typical Palestine farmer might not be too fond of all the killing and murdering done by Hamas terrorists, atleast they're killing and murdering the people they perceive to be most at fault for the situation they're living in. Nobody can say, with a straight face, that there's not atleast a kernel of truth behind that belief.

Still - indiscriminately killing innocent civilians is not the way.

[-] Neon@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Right, but she was talking about the Hamas Fighters.

Uninvolved Palestinians didn't film shit. So they couldn't flip their Phones Horizontal.

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

She explicitly said she wasn't. She was talking about the civilians recording the Israeli retaliation attacks.

[-] Critical_Insight@feddit.uk 5 points 2 years ago

Most videos I've seen have either been recorded by civilians or IDF. I've only seen few from Hamas' point of view.

[-] wahming@monyet.cc 12 points 2 years ago

Not even that. She's not talking about HAMAS, but about average Palestinians filming atrocities by the IDF

[-] Summzashi@lemmy.one 12 points 2 years ago

I agree with Mia Khalifa

[-] frogfruit@sh.itjust.works 31 points 2 years ago

Can someone please tell the freedom fighters in Palestine to flip their phones and film horizontal

[-] theKalash@feddit.ch 21 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

That's the true crime against humanity here.

[-] Diasl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago

It's pretty obvious what the intention was behind that original tweet and now she's trying to spin it because it's costing her money.

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