An American put themselves into a known, violent war-zone and we’re supposed to give a fuck that they got shot? Sounds like a Darwin award candidate.
Human rights workers and journalists go into conflict zones to document and protect civilians. It is a war crime to target them.
an activist from New Jersey
He was neither a human rights worker nor a journalist… he was just a stupid fucking American that got himself shot. Again, not news worthy.
He was a human rights worker.
He was literally there nonviolently observing and trying to prevent a war crime from taking place.
This is the kinda garbage redditor-tier comment I didn’t miss since coming to lemmy
Funny… this post is the kind of stupid shit that reminded me of Reddit and one of the reasons for coming over here.
So you have a problem with someone actively trying to preserve Palestinian life and livelyhood, while you sit behind a keyboard and be much higher and mightier. Sorry we don’t suit your standards.
What we should be giving a fuck about is the violent theft of land that legally belongs to the Palestinian inhabitants and is internationally recognized as designated for a Palestinian homeland. The fact that this unarmed American was shot from behind is just an example of the IDF’s cowardly tactics.
Why, they’re so trigger-happy they could easily get a job as police in the US!
What we should be giving a fuck about is the violent theft of land that legally belongs to the Palestinian inhabitants
Sure, but that’s not the subject here. Try to stay on subject. Some dumb shit put themselves in harm’s way and then got harmed. Not news worthy…
So you didn’t really read the article, just (at most) skimmed for a couple of sentences that went along with your preconceived notion. Remember, most headlines are written by someone other than the author. The headline writer, in addition to just seeking clicks in general, is trying to get Americans to read it. The writer was more focused on the core issues. They brought in the story of one of the protesters to make the point that if Israeli soldiers are that willing to shoot their allies the Americans in the back, they’ll positively enjoy the mass slaughter of Palestinians. I will agree with you that in some ways it’s not newsworthy, in the same way school shootings are no longer newsworthy in the US, because it’s all too common.
They were protesting the removal of a family from their home in the West Bank.
I’ll be sure not to give a shit if you ever get dropped and present the award at your funeral though.
