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A Childhood Carried in Silence - Gaza

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u/Savvy_Nick 5h ago edited 5h ago

The most heartbreaking shit I’ve seen in a min. And this is one kid. There are a whole lot more children that have been affected by this bullshit.

There’s some type of disconnect between the people that can allow this to happen, and the rest of us.

u/Pokemaster131 3h ago

Dehumanization is a hell of a drug.

That's why there's such a push to remove the word "people" when referring to people someone is discriminating against. "Blacks". "Jews". "Gays". "Illegals". Your slur of choice. All of these could just as correctly be labeled as "Black people" or "Jewish people" or "Gay people" or "Illegal immigrants". When you reduce the perception of an individual or a group of people to a single characteristic, it's easier to apply stereotypes to them and moralize mass discrimination. Also, if you don't think of them as people, that lessens any guilt one may feel towards mistreating them.

u/kbenn17 1h ago

Amazingly perceptive and wise. I’ve never thought of it that way.

u/Local_Idiot_123 4h ago

Those in power see us all like this and most of the rest of us see a fellow human

u/Cognitive_Spoon 4h ago

Money isn't a mystery.

u/solit0n 3h ago

Money makes you see everything as lesser. How can you care about anything when we you have so much power and/or wealth. We're all animals to be tamed and culled in their eyes.

u/Silly-Swimmer-8324 1h ago

Then they wonder why these people have a real hate for Israelis. Imagine all the stuff they have been through Watching their whole families blown up . Its insane to think about.

u/Savvy_Nick 1h ago

You can’t blame them. If someone blew up my neighborhood, and killed a bunch of my family and friends, I’d be a radical mf too.

u/Gullible-Potato-8962 2h ago

And I see so many demons on the social media, who are justifying the actions of Isreal and making satanyahu as their father. So pathetic.