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I'm a Palestinian and I do not enter conversations or debates that are premised upon my own dehumanization. Such as:
- Palestine doesn't/didn't exist
- Your people aren't a people
- Go back to Jordan (or Hejaz, or Arabia)
- Your people aren't a people
- Go back to Jordan (or Hejaz, or Arabia)
- You are the colonialists
- You don't belong here (this is our ancestral homeland, not yours)
- Palestinian refugees aren't refugees
- You don't belong here (this is our ancestral homeland, not yours)
- Palestinian refugees aren't refugees
- You left your homes in 1948 and 1967 out of your own accord
- You were squatters in historic Jewish land
- Yes we kicked you out from your land but get over it, it's ours now, get over it
- You were squatters in historic Jewish land
- Yes we kicked you out from your land but get over it, it's ours now, get over it
- You have lots of children in order to spite us
- You have a "violent, hateful culture"
- It's your fault that we kill you / you brought it upon themselves
- You have a "violent, hateful culture"
- It's your fault that we kill you / you brought it upon themselves
- Israel is nice to gay people so that justifies the occupation
- Hamas is bad so that means we can kill your unarmed protesters
- Your leadership is corrupt so that justifies the occupation
- Hamas is bad so that means we can kill your unarmed protesters
- Your leadership is corrupt so that justifies the occupation
- You're more free in Israel than in Cairo or Riyadh so that justifies the occupation
- Your deaths are "tragic" but they're necessary
- Arab countries didn't give you citizenship so that means what we did to you is OK
- Your deaths are "tragic" but they're necessary
- Arab countries didn't give you citizenship so that means what we did to you is OK
- "Get over it"
- You lost the war, go find another country to belong to
- Gaza elected Hamas 12 years ago so that means every Gazan forever is fair game
- You lost the war, go find another country to belong to
- Gaza elected Hamas 12 years ago so that means every Gazan forever is fair game
- We suffered more than you and that means your own suffering doesn't matter
- You're incapable of self-rule
- You don't understand democracy
- You're incapable of self-rule
- You don't understand democracy
- According to the Bible you shouldn't be here
- According to the Qur'an you shouldn't be here
- Iran supports some of your militants and that means you're all terrorists
- According to the Qur'an you shouldn't be here
- Iran supports some of your militants and that means you're all terrorists
- The Nakba is your fault
- You're the aggressors
- You rejected the plan a bunch of people you don't know cooked up to partition your country so you deserve what happened to you
- You're the aggressors
- You rejected the plan a bunch of people you don't know cooked up to partition your country so you deserve what happened to you
(Btw when I say I won't enter a conversation premised upon any of the above, I don't mean I won't talk about individual points. If you come at me with a question and engage compassionately, I will engage. If you come at with me with an assertion and engage aggressively, I won't).
