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Stanford students are criticizing Google for enabling Israel. If Google was providing support for Hamas they could protest that too.

x3n0ph3n3 3mo ago
We both know they wouldn't, though.
ergocoder 3mo ago
I've never seen any protest by students that protested against Palestine. In fact, at University of Washington, a protest was organized to support Palestine after the Oct 7 massacre on Oct 8; they chose to show support Palestine after Palestine did a massacre. And there was a very little criticism on that kind of actions.
- bdangubic 3mo ago
  > I've never seen any protest by students that protested against Palestine. you should think long and hard why that is but answer is as always quite simple
  - ergocoder 3mo ago
    We all know why, and the reason doesn't fit what you want to believe. That's why you pretend to be obscure about it. Otherwise, you would have just said so out loud already.
    - neaden 3mo ago
      It's because the US government doesn't fund hamas and US companies don't work with Hamas.
      - ergocoder 3mo ago
        The protest isn't about Hamas/Palestine. It's about criticizing what Israel is doing.
        neaden 3mo ago
        I was answering why you don't see people protesting Hamas, which is what you brought up. If you didn't want to discuss that, then you shouldn't have brought it up.
        bdangubic 3mo ago
        oh the armies on HN like OP will bring it up :)
        ergocoder 3mo ago
        But the protest isn't about who funds whom. It's about criticizing what Israel is doing. > If you didn't want to discuss that, then you shouldn't have brought it up. I want to discuss it but you misunderstand the topic and seem angry based on your own misunderstanding.
        neaden 3mo ago
        I didn't misunderstand or get angry. You brought up people not protesting Palestine. I didn't insult you, belittle you, or anything else so I don't know why you would think I'm angry except you've just decided everyone who agrees with you is angry, which is a bad habit to have
        ergocoder 3mo ago
        You were definitely angry given your comment here "If you didn't want to discuss that, then you shouldn't have brought it up." If you weren't, we would just discuss normally without insulting that the other side didn't have intention to discuss in a discussion forum. So, somehow my comment angered you that you had to resort to the tactics of undermining the other side.
- 8note 3mo ago
  is oct 7th actually comparable to what israel has done to Palestinians over time? sure it was reprehensible, but is it on the same scale even? both before and after? criticising hamas seems like premature optimization, and picking something basically irrelevant to the overall conflict
  - ergocoder 3mo ago
    > sure it was reprehensible Exactly, and organizing a support for Palestine immediately after Palestine committed a massacre is NOT okay. > criticising hamas seems like premature optimization Are you saying we shouldn't criticize Palestine? > picking something basically irrelevant to the overall conflict Why do I have to pick? Why do you need to pick? We can criticize both. Both are evil in different aspects. Why do you have so much issue with criticizing the evilness of Palestine?
xenospn 3mo ago
They could. But they would never.

x3n0ph3n3 3mo ago

We both know they wouldn't, though.

ergocoder 3mo ago

I've never seen any protest by students that protested against Palestine. In fact, at University of Washington, a protest was organized to support Palestine after the Oct 7 massacre on Oct 8; they chose to show support Palestine after Palestine did a massacre. And there was a very little criticism on that kind of actions.

bdangubic 3mo ago
> I've never seen any protest by students that protested against Palestine. you should think long and hard why that is but answer is as always quite simple
- ergocoder 3mo ago
  We all know why, and the reason doesn't fit what you want to believe. That's why you pretend to be obscure about it. Otherwise, you would have just said so out loud already.
  - neaden 3mo ago
    It's because the US government doesn't fund hamas and US companies don't work with Hamas.
    - ergocoder 3mo ago
      The protest isn't about Hamas/Palestine. It's about criticizing what Israel is doing.
      - neaden 3mo ago
        I was answering why you don't see people protesting Hamas, which is what you brought up. If you didn't want to discuss that, then you shouldn't have brought it up.
        bdangubic 3mo ago
        oh the armies on HN like OP will bring it up :)
        ergocoder 3mo ago
        But the protest isn't about who funds whom. It's about criticizing what Israel is doing. > If you didn't want to discuss that, then you shouldn't have brought it up. I want to discuss it but you misunderstand the topic and seem angry based on your own misunderstanding.
        neaden 3mo ago
        I didn't misunderstand or get angry. You brought up people not protesting Palestine. I didn't insult you, belittle you, or anything else so I don't know why you would think I'm angry except you've just decided everyone who agrees with you is angry, which is a bad habit to have
        ergocoder 3mo ago
        You were definitely angry given your comment here "If you didn't want to discuss that, then you shouldn't have brought it up." If you weren't, we would just discuss normally without insulting that the other side didn't have intention to discuss in a discussion forum. So, somehow my comment angered you that you had to resort to the tactics of undermining the other side.
8note 3mo ago
is oct 7th actually comparable to what israel has done to Palestinians over time? sure it was reprehensible, but is it on the same scale even? both before and after? criticising hamas seems like premature optimization, and picking something basically irrelevant to the overall conflict
- ergocoder 3mo ago
  > sure it was reprehensible Exactly, and organizing a support for Palestine immediately after Palestine committed a massacre is NOT okay. > criticising hamas seems like premature optimization Are you saying we shouldn't criticize Palestine? > picking something basically irrelevant to the overall conflict Why do I have to pick? Why do you need to pick? We can criticize both. Both are evil in different aspects. Why do you have so much issue with criticizing the evilness of Palestine?

xenospn 3mo ago

They could. But they would never.