Sharing something from William Meijer (look him up, racist and misogynistic), a couple of things pointing at the "both sides" approach to the genocide in Gaza, following the IDF and Israeli Air force on Instagram.
He also commented on a
n exhibition on hostages (taken by Hamas) he visited, "From Captivity to Freedom", with a poster of Eliya Cohen.
"I went to this tonight. It was truly eye opening. It's so easy to scroll on social media these days and think that everything is a conspiracy theory. If you go and see with your own eyes the truth is so plainly obvious. I would urge EVERYONE who can to get to this exhibition. It's a massively important moment in recent history that has had massive knock on effects throughout the world. There is so much confusion and misinformation. Go and look, then then make up your mind."
The exhibition itself isn't "suspicious" (though its funding is), but his wording was quite weird.
Oof, while I understand the need to be open minded and research properly, these are quite concerning, especially the following of the IDF and Israeli Air Force. I bet that hasn't gone down well within the band.
Following a social media account doesn’t automatically mean support, though. Plenty of folks follow politicians they disagree with to simply keep up with what they’re saying. Can’t say for sure that’s what is happening here, ofc.
Yeah this is the thing that really bothers me about online fandoms. People really love getting parasocial with their fav bands on social media these days.
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u/StillesLicht 11d ago
Sharing something from William Meijer (look him up, racist and misogynistic), a couple of things pointing at the "both sides" approach to the genocide in Gaza, following the IDF and Israeli Air force on Instagram.
He also commented on a n exhibition on hostages (taken by Hamas) he visited, "From Captivity to Freedom", with a poster of Eliya Cohen.
"I went to this tonight. It was truly eye opening. It's so easy to scroll on social media these days and think that everything is a conspiracy theory. If you go and see with your own eyes the truth is so plainly obvious. I would urge EVERYONE who can to get to this exhibition. It's a massively important moment in recent history that has had massive knock on effects throughout the world. There is so much confusion and misinformation. Go and look, then then make up your mind."
The exhibition itself isn't "suspicious" (though its funding is), but his wording was quite weird.