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> ... and you don't have to be a Muslim to support Palestine, you just have to be a human being

One can support innocent Palestinians without supporting Palestine, the same way one can support innocent Israelis without supporting Israel. Not sure why they decided to sneak in some dehumanization into what masquerades as a positive sentiment.

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> Not sure why they decided to sneak in some dehumanization into what masquerades as a positive sentiment.

Yeah, no. That's meant as an appeal to humanity beyond tribal solidarity. Reading dehumanization into it is a bit much.

How do you read that other than as "if you have humanity, you support Palestine", which is semantically equivalent to "if you don't support Palestine, you have no humanity"?

It's also not so great a leap to think that supporting a country means supporting its citizens. Your interpretation is valid, I don't understand why it would need heavy moderation. Perhaps hiding the post and asking it to reword it to be clearer?

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