UK arrests 83-year-old priest for backing Palestine Action and opposing Gaza genocide
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They're calling these people terrorists for holding signs calling for the end of Israel's genocide. They're not calling the people who have been committing genocide every day terrorists: they're valuable allies. This is the UK Government's morality. I hope it's not shared by the British people.
wrote last edited by [email protected]Technically it's because some members of the group trespassed in a military base and vandalised an airplane. Which is trespassing and vandalism. Not terrorism. Unless Starmer has been watching too much Thomas & the Friends and Pixar's Cars and believes that the poor planes can't sleep at night anymore, because they are terrified.
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They're calling these people terrorists for holding signs calling for the end of Israel's genocide. They're not calling the people who have been committing genocide every day terrorists: they're valuable allies. This is the UK Government's morality. I hope it's not shared by the British people.
Polling consistently shows disapproval for Israeli actions in Gaza.
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What percentage of the Israeli Jews support the genocide of Palistinians?
Does it matter? I’m sure a lot of people in whatever country you live in support the genocide. There are idiots in every religion, country, group etc. does not always make the entire group rotten.
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The Reverend Sue Parfitt, from Bristol, was detained for holding a placard that read: “I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action.” She was among more than 27 people arrested on Saturday for acts of defiance against the proscription.
Just wondering, if I would hold up a sign with 'go isreal, continue the amazing work you do!', would that get me arrested? Surely i'd get beat up but i mean what would the lawmakers think of that? Would it be different if the sign would say 'go isreal, murder those innocent families' or 'go isreal, your genocide rules!' (am i allowed to call it a genocide if i'm not against it?)
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the strongest countries, period.
China and Russia are colonial powers, too.
China and Russia are colonial powers, too.
Crazy how tankies think it's only ok if you do it to your neighbours.
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Politicians only care about being elected.
And their donors
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Does Israel have dirt on all these people? Its wild how everyone just supports genocide so willingly.
What makes you think they are backing israel only because of blackmail? They are arresting a 83 year old for opposing a genocide, our governments are shit and always have been, can't you see it?
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What a Fucking Legend!!! People such as her should be our icons. Not the plastic ridiculous people that the legacy media and the algorithimc social media keep pushing out like clowns to the circus floor to keep people distracted.
Sue Parfitt. Let's remember her name. In fact I'm gonna save this post.
And while I'm not one to support religion, between her and the reverend that gave that sermon to Trump's face in church, I would say "Lady Priests" (apologies for the reductionism) are having a moment and showing the cloth that apparently only the women in it seem to remember what "their calling" is supposed to be all about.
If anyone knows the name of the woman that gave that sermon, tag it under. Please.
It's not about supporting the church, it's about giving credit where credit is due.
In fact, we should start making a record of the people who are raising to the occasion these days all over the world, and taking the moral stand and give them the space and the limelight, instead of allowing everything to be about the shitty people doing their shitty deeds. That takes so much of the bandwith as it is, and makes us feel alone in the face of it all.
Be it about the atrocities being committed in Gaza, Ukraine, the U.S. or in any place where wrongful actions are occurring, let us make visible the people that raise to face it. Let us put forward the faces and voices of the ones who still truly give the word "humanity" some of its supposed meaning back.
PS: A lot of people here might not be able to read Spanish. But I do and I really liked the article you linked. It was a really nice complement to the one linked in the post. So, thank you for sharing it.
Praising a good priest is not much different than praising a good republican. You can be a good person without associating yourself to corrupted political parties or bigot cults
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Does Israel have dirt on all these people? Its wild how everyone just supports genocide so willingly.
wrote last edited by [email protected]The entirety of the current Government owe their jobs to Israel, as the last leader of their party - Jeremy Corbyn - was kicked out opening the way for these ones to get power after a campaign of slanders of anti-semitism backed amongst others by Israeli-linked Jewish groups in the UK which was so extreme that at one point a Jewish Holocaust Survivor was said to be an anti-semite for what he said in a conference for Palestine in order to taint Jeremy Corbyn by association, as he was sitting in the same panel in that conference and "didn't rise up to dispute it".
Since Britain also has First Past The Post like the US, getting the leadership of that party was a guaranteed path to Government since that party was the next in line in the power cycle over there.
So these people were basically bought by Israel.
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They're calling these people terrorists for holding signs calling for the end of Israel's genocide. They're not calling the people who have been committing genocide every day terrorists: they're valuable allies. This is the UK Government's morality. I hope it's not shared by the British people.
No they're not. There's a difference between "Palestine Action" (the group) and "actions and other stuff in favour of Palestine". The former has been banned, the latter has not. Protesting is legal in the UK; vandalising Air Force equipment is not.
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Just wondering, if I would hold up a sign with 'go isreal, continue the amazing work you do!', would that get me arrested? Surely i'd get beat up but i mean what would the lawmakers think of that? Would it be different if the sign would say 'go isreal, murder those innocent families' or 'go isreal, your genocide rules!' (am i allowed to call it a genocide if i'm not against it?)
They'll invite you on TV
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No they're not. There's a difference between "Palestine Action" (the group) and "actions and other stuff in favour of Palestine". The former has been banned, the latter has not. Protesting is legal in the UK; vandalising Air Force equipment is not.
They threw red paint at fighter planes, idiot
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the strongest countries, period.
China and Russia are colonial powers, too.
is this the anti-tankie crowd warning us about WhaTaBouTiSm?
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China and Russia are colonial powers, too.
Crazy how tankies think it's only ok if you do it to your neighbours.
wrote last edited by [email protected]Antitanks are retarded lmao
Post about the UK supporting genocide in gaza
Antitanks: BUt whAt AbOut ChiNA
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How exactly does supporting genocide get them elected? I don't get the impression that Labour voters want to see Palestinians murdered.
Really? You weren't there during the racist riot were ya?
Brits hate arabs more and more.
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They threw red paint at fighter planes, idiot
That's sounds like vandalism, which confirms what the other guy said.
And there's no need for insults.
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That's sounds like vandalism, which confirms what the other guy said.
And there's no need for insults.
wrote last edited by [email protected]Shut the fuck up.
- no that doesn't sound like vandalism what the fuck if a bit of paint can damage a fighter plane why do we spend half a billion for each of them.
- the british army is complicit in a genocide. They deserve to get their planes blown up. Paint is gentle.
- you're a genocidal piece of shit who support censorship
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China and Russia are colonial powers, too.
Crazy how tankies think it's only ok if you do it to your neighbours.
To be fair, China does it all over, especially in Africa. Russia probably would too if they could.
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Antitanks are retarded lmao
Post about the UK supporting genocide in gaza
Antitanks: BUt whAt AbOut ChiNA
I don't know if you just don't know how conversations work, but it follows pretty reasonably. It didn't come from no where. First someone complained about "the west" doing colonialism. Then someone corrected that all major powers do it. Finally someone points out that tankies only complain about "the west" and never China or Russia who do the same things.
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Just wondering, if I would hold up a sign with 'go isreal, continue the amazing work you do!', would that get me arrested? Surely i'd get beat up but i mean what would the lawmakers think of that? Would it be different if the sign would say 'go isreal, murder those innocent families' or 'go isreal, your genocide rules!' (am i allowed to call it a genocide if i'm not against it?)
What really happened here: Members of this Palestine Action group sneaked onto a military base and attacked the aircrafts there. This act of politically motivated vandalism resulted in this group being officially banned by the government. Which is totally ok, no state in the world will and can tolerate some group doing acts of terrorism and/or doing sabotage.
Supporting banned terrorist organizations is of course also not allowed (which really makes sense) and yeah, this priest totally did that on purpose. You are therefore totally fine holding up a sign supporting Israel and you are also totally fine holding up a sign supporting Palestine, but you are not fine holding up signs supporting banned organizations.
