Due to the severity of the situation and the fast flowing news cycle, we have decided to create a general megathread for discussion regarding the conflict.
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By not picking a side you become invisible and irrelevant. If you don't want to pick a side, just tune out and go play video games or something because it's basically the same thing.
No shit that I am irrelevant to the war in Gaza. I live on the other side of the world and dont have any political power. The most I could do is try to send some money to aid the Palestinian refugees, and I still would be invisible and irrelevant to it. Are you sending money, supplies, armaments, or fighting for Hamas? If not you are invisible and irrelevant to this conflict yourself. Just like 99.999% of the world's population.
Vocal support matters in democracies. If Western governments stopped supporting Israel this war would be very different.
By not even vocally supporting anything you have taken away your own voice. You've silenced yourself.
When Palestinians held peaceful marches for freedom, Israel blew their knees out. Pacifism doesn't work when one side thinks you're animals.
Also, by choosing to not pick a side, you're just tacitly siding with the winning side. Which side do your tax dollars go to?