Thread by @sunnshiiny

The quickest way to get blocked is accuse me of being a closet racist.

But only after I hand your ass back to you.

https://twitter.com/sunnshiiny/status/1394346110596964353

Complexity of global problems requires careful assessment and analysis. If you’re at the stage of picking sides and vilifying an entire nation of people because of what their leadership has done to an entire other nation of people, you’re barking up the wrong tree.

Middle Eastern politics is complicated, complex and nuanced. If you think a simple solution is to be had by vilifying Israel, so not engage with me in discourse.

I absolutely will not tolerate small minded simple solutions to make people feel better & cope with their emotions.

Grow the eff up!

There are no simple solutions to the Palestinian Israeli conflict. Pretty sure they would have been applied by now if there were.

Plenty of brilliant people have worked on this issue for decades.

Your virtue signalling is not going to add to the solution. And it only contributes to increased animus. Which is the entire problem. There is so much hate between these groups that goes back thousands of years.

If you don’t understand that part of the situation, you have no place opining and contributing to increased vitriol.

If you can’t stand watching Palestinians be exterminated by a desperate politician trying to retain power, then don’t watch it.

There is nothing PMJT or any other western democratic leader is going to say or do to change what’s happening. Netanyahu is hell bent on winning another term as president and there is little anyone can do to stop him.

He’s been emboldened by Trump and secret agreements with surrounding Muslim nations. He faces corruption charges if he leaves office. He’s an evil man doing evil things.

And many innocent people will pay with their lives for his choices.

Powerlessness is a difficult emotion to cope with. It’s uncomfortable and makes us feel like we want to crawl out of our own skin to escape the negative emotions.

Watching other people die needlessly to meet political aspirations is gut wrenching. And so it should be.

If you aren’t having a difficult time watching what’s going on in Gaza, you’ve either picked sides and rationalize justification or you’re a sociopath.

Netanyahu is trying to save himself by killing Palestinians. That’s abundantly clear.

But other nations can NOT stop him, because that would be a declaration of war and illegal interference in a sovereign nation.

This is when politics gets real. When people die because of decisions made by some shit head in a heavily guarded situation room.

THIS IS WHY WE ALWAYS NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO POLITICS IN OUR OWN NATION.

This is why we don’t elect demagogues and populists.

This is why we don’t permit denigration of entire cultures because it’s politically opportunist & supported by those who don’t process complexity.

And it’s why we reject leaders who offer simple fantastical solutions or mere virtue signalling to incredibly difficult situations.

I’ve absolutely had it with people who believe in the superiority of their own beliefs & values & can’t accept others have different perspectives.

If you can’t see that digging your heels in and accusing someone who doesn’t see the world through your lens as the enemy is the whole fricking problem with modern politics, then don’t follow me.

If you ever try to accuse me, you’ll get your ass handed back to you after I’ve ripped a strip or two off of it.

I hate with ever fibre of my being what Netanyahu is doing to save his own ass.

Does you knowing that change the outcome? Not one fucking bit!

No conscientious political leader with is thrilled with being forced to address the behaviour of a desperate corrupt politician murdering women & children to save himself & get re-elected. None of them want to affirm Israel’s right to defend itself.

Which every sovereign nation has. Including Canada. No one is happy that people are dying needlessly.

We all feel helpless and powerless. And we are.

How we cope with those wretched feelings of despair is the limit of our power.

Some will be overwhelmed with sadness, some will withdraw and hide from the daily reports. Some will seek intervention from world leaders. But Netanyahu is fighting for his own survival, so the likelihood is slim to none that he’ll listen to reason and emotional appeals.

Some will be outraged and blame the leaders of this nation or other nations for not intervening.

Others will accept the evil in the world as indicative of global tensions and international corruption.

Some may deny its even happening.

That’s called grief. It’s a normal human reaction to trauma. Which being forced to watch genocide qualifies as mass trauma.

I watch as little of it as I can. Only enough to stay informed. I choose to intellectualize it. Which is my coping mechanism.

If I allowed myself to fully feel the emotions the genocide elicits in me, I’d be despondent and overwhelmed in grief. And that helps no one.

My point. Lashing out at others who cope with global traumas inflicted by desperate madmen is a waste of your time and mine.

I will not subject myself to virtue signalling demands and judgement for how I cope with grief. I won’t Judd’s you if you have a more erratic reaction.

Because we all process grief in our own way.

But if you insinuate I’m picking sides or minimizing the trauma by acknowledging the tensions in the Middle East have persisted for centuries, I will block you.

I will not suffer fools and I will not be insulted by those who can’t even figure out their own position & beliefs.

Welcome to dystopia. Did anyone really think we would not be faced with repeated global traumas as western democracy is continually attacked by fascistic and autocratic megalomaniacs? Honestly. These people had genocidal malignant narcissist written all over them.

It’s not like I’ve been warning increased violence is a feature of fascist regimes and totalitarian autocrats.

Oh yeah, I have been sounding the alarm for 4 years now.

The stages of grief here: grief.com/the-five-stage…

Figure out where you are and develop some coping skills.

There’s a lot more of this to come.

This is just the beginning.

And don’t blame me for your inability to cope. I’m more than happy to walk through grief together. But I will not be a punching bag for anyone who is struggling cope.