Thread by @RachelMoiselle

I think the decision not to share the videos of the October 7th attacks publicly was a terrible decision made by Israel.

I do not think people comprehend the level of denial that I’ve experienced in Ireland.

At best, people just do not grasp the valence of brutality involved:

the performative sadism and cruelty of the most bestial nature.

I know people disagree.

The primary argument I hear is that ‘we do not parade our slaughtered people in front of the world for their atrocity porn’.

This is one that I understand and empathise with fully.

But this October 7th denial, which we saw unfold in real time, is only going to get worse as the months and years go on.

Despite my condemnation of Ireland’s antisemitism problem, I actually do hold faith in the goodness of the majority of my people.

I think if they…

….truly knew the scale of brutality that occurred that day, they would not so prosaically consider it as ‘a tragic loss of life’.

I think if they truly comprehended the acts of atrocities that were committed, they wouldn’t be so tolerant of esteemed academics endorsing it.

I think if they believed what happened that day, they would have more empathy.

The people I know who viewed the footage were traumatised to the point of getting physically ill.

I know that the majority of Irish people would not be so inhumane as to not have the same reaction.

Hamas committed acts so evil that the only way otherwise ‘good’ people rationalise tolerating their acquaintances/colleagues endorsing this ‘resistance’ is to deny or minimise their atrocities.

I think the videos should have been released. At the very least so that those who…

…endorse-let alone celebrate-this evil couldn’t hide behind notions of ‘justice’.

The bourgeoisie who rationalise and pontificate about ‘context’ couldn’t frame themselves as enlightened.

The world would see them for what they are: monsters and morally bankrupt respectively.

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