I've talked way more about this on my blog than anywhere else. But as I write this, the genocide in the Gaza Strip has been going on for nearly two years now. It shouldn't be controversial to call it a genocide. And it shouldn't be controversial to say that genocide, wherever and to whomever it happens, is wrong. I mean, it's crazy that I even have to say this, and a testament to just how messed up everything is right now.
Right now, starvation is being wielded as a weapon of genocide against the Palenstinian people. And I wonder if all of human history is nothing but a repeating cycle of genocides being perpetrated against other peoples by peoples who were historically the targets of genocide themselves in the past. And my heart aches. And I wonder, why can't humanity just stop doing this to itself? It seems like it should be so easy to just...not do this anymore. But the cycle continues.
History is going to take note of what we all do right now in response to what is going on. The world is watching. And as the saying goes, "one day, everyone will have always been against this."
But for right now, there are ways to help:
Some takes I agree with:
The Unforgivable Sin of Ms Rachel, by Lindsay Ellis. And Thought Slime's discourse on "Self Defense."