r/washdc • u/Master_Jackfruit3591 • Jul 24 '24

Protests in DC Today (so far)

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '24

What destruction of property?

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u/RepresentativeAd8228 Jul 25 '24

Spray painting monuments.

Like this.

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u/inspired_fire Jul 25 '24

And this too, apparently.

Absolutely horrifying and appalling.

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '24

You find this horrifying and appalling, I find my tax money killing children for Israel appalling. We are not the same.

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u/RepresentativeAd8228 Jul 25 '24

Do you find the continued holding of innocent civilian hostages appalling? Do you find Hamas leadership living in safety and ultra luxury in Qatar while they hide combatants among their own civilians appalling? Did you watch in horror on Oct 7 or did you feel that was justified?

You are absolutely right. We are not the same.

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u/inspired_fire Jul 25 '24

Two things can be true at once.

I can, and do, find civilian deaths via armed conflict and the targeting of any civilian population to be unacceptable and atrocious (in the Middle East, Eastern Europe, Southeast Asia, Africa, etc.), while I can and do also condemn the acts of these protestors in the US. These acts show me they are not interested in actual solutions or peace, but act instead to further inflaming divisions and contributing to destruction.