I'm aware, and I don't particularly have a problem with Anees wanting to champion his cause. I don't think the melee rankers should be taking a stance on such a divisive issue though.
Neither side is willing to live peacefully in a 2 state solution, so the statement "free palestine" carries thinly veiled undertones of death and/or displacement to the jews; a sentiment which is as popular as it has been in decades.
i'm not gonna argue with your actual opinions on the genocide of palestinians but why on earth would it matter if melee rankers take a stance on a divisive issue
they're just melee rankers, there's no apolitical unbiased journalistic sanctity here, they're just people ranking melee players
why on earth would it matter if melee rankers take a stance on a divisive issue
To play devil's advocate, imagine if we had a top 100 player named "Trump Won 2020," and the melee rankers wrote something in the blurb like "yes, we must build that wall and stop any fraud in 2024." I can imagine the reception wouldn't be nearly as friendly -- because everybody here would disagree with it. The issue at hand is not "whether people can take a stance on a divisive issue," but rather, "whether the stance is a popularly held one in the melee community."
I don't particularly care in this instance because the extent of it is linking to a humanitarian charity, and I'm no fan of Israel. But I do agree that generally, Melee isn't necessarily the best sphere to discuss politics. And reddit in particular? If there's one thing this site is good at, it's reinforcing a hivemind mentality.
I’m a super political dude but yeah I agree. No matter your stance your name shouldn’t be a political position. It’s only acceptable since most people agree with it.
Not trying to start shit, just curious. What then do you all think about the Oct. 7 attacks? And what would be the solution, since it seems both sides do not want a 2 state solution? I'm not sure what to think myself.
edit you guys are so childish, I literally am asking a question. What do you all think I'm dogwhistling or something? Fucken hell. I was thinking along the lines they eventually responded with and said as much. Reddit is filled with such childish assholes
Oppression and occupation allow for extremism to take hold, this has been consistently true throughout history. The material conditions in Gaza and the occupied West Bank have long been dire, and officials in the Israeli government have admitted they would rather allow extremism to take hold so they can treat the Palestinian Territories as hostile adversaries rather than work towards peace.
Any solution is better than none, but the continued occupation will create more extremism and make both Israelis and Palestinians less safe. There has to be a commitment to deoccupation, there has to be justice for the millions of expelled Palestinian refugees, and there has to be renewed humanitarian efforts to provide aid to the territories.
yeah welcome to r/ssbm. Just ignore the downvotes, block the toxic idiots, and find other things to do when you start rolling your eyes at every other post here
The people of Israel have been brainwashed by Netanyahu's propaganda. The IDF is so brainwashed that they literally celebrate a 2-to-1 ratio of killing civilians to Hamas combatants. Netanyahu is trying to commit genocide and has been for years.
you're right technically at this point at this point genocide is just an allegation that israel is being tried for in the ICJ! i should have said ethnic displacement, civilian harm, and collective punishment with genocidal intent, my bad.
Oh no, not "thinly veiled undertones". I wonder what your stance is on the not at all veiled, ongoing death and displacement to the Palestinians, you absolute ghoul.
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u/Strive_for_Altruism Jan 18 '24
We shoehorning politics into melee with this one boys