To be clear: are you claiming you have a source that proves Hamas hasn't been raping or killing any of their hostages?
Israeli hostages.
If Hamas confess to raping and murdering, then I would believe Hamas. If they said they did not, then I would not believe them, as it could be a lie to not look the bad guys.
So... your stance would be that tik tok is not being used to spy or influence the US population? I don't doubt the US has its own stuff going on but that being the case shouldn't be a reason for tik tok to not be regarded as a security threat. Another extra consideration here is that china does ban foreign social networks... At this point you'd think it's reasonable that reciprocity applies. So the situation the US is in right is that chinese social media can be present in western markets but western social media can't be present in chinese markets. There's zero reasons for the US to not ban tik tok.
I mean, you could "reverse" that BUT then you'd have to contend with how stupid that is. Considering the girl is question is french-israelite, was in fact kidnapped by hamas and the one video where she ever says hamas treated her well was under while still captive by hamas. Sane people don't usually have nice things to say about their kidnappers and reality here is that she in fact does not have anything nice to say about them. Hamas deserves zero praise over not raping someone. Them not raping someone isn't a show of moral fiber. In any other situation if someone says "welp, at least they didn't rape x person" you still immediately draw the conclusion that they are somewhere in the spectrum of criminal at least.
I never said that though? But TikTok is more impartial than Twitter and Meta, where right wing bullshit is spread more easily (I think it contributed to Trump's win). TikTok does seem to be a bit more partial towards right wing bs, but it won't take severe action against left wing or anti-genocidal views the way the other social media platforms do. The "reciprocity" sounds like something 2 5-year-old kids would do, that's stupid. If USA wants to claim it's not fascist and that it's better than Russia or China, why is it talking about banning a social media app like China has banned some apps?
There is zero reason to ban TikTok. For USA, the main reasons are because they don't have any control over what's shared, so they can't brainwash or keep citizens brainwashed. What's also stopping most companies that have data from selling it to China anyway?
It's also as stupid as claiming as if Israel didn't convince her or force her to stop saying nice things about Hamas, or that she didn't do an 180 after seeing what she could gain from it. I mean, she was at the Oscars few days ago! If she really went through hell, it is a bit weird to bounce back so quickly.
So what do you think about Israel, who has actually proven to be raping, murdering, and torturing their prisoners regardless of age? Are they as bad as Hamas kidnapping but not raping or killing? Or is it better because they're not Hamas?
But also, the whole thing is about the public image of Hamas. They have this negative image as horrible terrorists but the worst thing they've done, with proof, is kidnap Israelis. If they killed tons of people at the festival too though, then yeah, nasty terrorists. But if they are as bad as people like to claim, why protect and take care of their hostages? Why not be okay with mistreating them? As long as they're alive, they're still useful.
I mean, I don't object to the idea that israel put bombing hamas at a higher priority than bombing hamas.
Israel is not a terrorist organization/country. A basic definition of terrorism is " the
unlawful use of violence and
intimidation, especially against
civilians, in the pursuit of political aims. ". That's simply not what israel is doing. They are displacing/killing palestinians, the politics and optics of it be damned. Throw in the unwillingness of other countries to accept palestinian refugees and this is just about genocidal (of course if they did israel would have probably conquered the whole area decades ago). The world hasn't given a shit about palestinians for decades and now the two sides here are israel, a country that has built real relations with every country that would have them and hamas, which is not an organization with meaningful ties to the world, does not have a plan and most of the world can't stomach over the terrorism stuff.
What?
Israel is a terrorist country because they're using unlawful violence and intimidation for political reasons. The West and Israel also had power and ability to use propaganda to paint Israel in good light long before Hamas ever existed, and Hamas/ Palestinians did not and does not have that kind of power to fool the world into thinking they're good the way Israel did. Israel has also been tricking people into thinking Hamas are terrorists and do not openly mention the fact that Hamas was created in response to Israeli's terrorism against Palestinians.
I've watched American shows like NCIS and Hollywood movies, and they all paint Israel/Mossad as good people while Hamas are just killing machines never acknowledged as response to Israel's violence. Hollywood or western media does not bring up the Nakba either.
Israel has also lost relations with some countries due to their continuous committing of genocide, even when officially told to stop.
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