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In reply to the discussion: Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau confirms Israeli prime minister [View all]Beastly Boy
(11,249 posts)37. People can be both.
Or maybe not.
Humanitarianism is universal. You cannot be a humanitarian just a little bit.
When one is laser focused on blaming war crimes only coming from one side of one war, while neglecting to even acknowledge the war crimes in many other, more egregious, instances, is hardly a sign of humanitarianism.
Stopping at assigning blame and doing nothing else to address an issue is in itself, whatever the issue may be, arguably the case of being humanitarian just a little bit.
Other "isms" certainly come to mind.
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Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau confirms Israeli prime minister [View all]
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Nov 21
OP
Sad thing is the Conservatives will probably win next year's general election in Canada.
roamer65
Nov 21
#7
Good. A year ago DU was filled with Israel apologists. I'm glad this is much less so now. /nt
artemisia1
Nov 21
#14
Shame. I guess mass murder doesn't bother them. I literally had to leave DU for a year I was so disgusted by their
artemisia1
Nov 21
#20
Show me a single Joe, or Abdel, or Abdullah, or Najib, or Tamir, or even Justin for that matter,
Beastly Boy
Nov 23
#39
No mention by Trudeau of Hamas leader Mohammed Deif, who is also under an ICC arrest warrant
MichMan
Nov 22
#33
You are the second one in this long thread, next to the poster you replied to who mentioned anyone other than Netanyahu.
Beastly Boy
Nov 23
#40
There are many patriotic Jews and Arabs in the State of Israel who hate his guts.
Beastly Boy
Nov 23
#47
None of them condemned Israel, or Israelis, or Zionists, or Israeli leftists.
Beastly Boy
Nov 23
#54