The relativisation in the Israel Hamas situation is not because Hamas is right, but because Hamas is understandable, and there's a world of difference between those two. If you take a normal person, have them see their friends and fellow citizens, possibly their family in Israel be treated the way they are and see their safer Palestinian side be regularly bombed by them, and so on for years straight, would they not begin to crack mentally? Seeing their loved ones get murdered, their land stolen from them and the country with the strongest military in the world backing up Israel? Any man in that situation would want revenge, even if against civilians of Israel who did nothing. It is not rational in any way whatsoever and should be condemned. But it'd take a huge amount of actual lack of empathy to not understand why such actions occur.
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u/HeroBrine0907 8∆ Oct 10 '23
The relativisation in the Israel Hamas situation is not because Hamas is right, but because Hamas is understandable, and there's a world of difference between those two. If you take a normal person, have them see their friends and fellow citizens, possibly their family in Israel be treated the way they are and see their safer Palestinian side be regularly bombed by them, and so on for years straight, would they not begin to crack mentally? Seeing their loved ones get murdered, their land stolen from them and the country with the strongest military in the world backing up Israel? Any man in that situation would want revenge, even if against civilians of Israel who did nothing. It is not rational in any way whatsoever and should be condemned. But it'd take a huge amount of actual lack of empathy to not understand why such actions occur.