• flan [they/them]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    Modern journalism is an amazing thing. You just write a bunch of words that vaguely cover current events in a way that’s abstract enough that the reader isn’t going to assign blame or feel anything at all. You did your job as the fourth estate. The masses are informed. A truly noble pursuit.

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      1 year ago

      you are meant to infer blame from their phrasing: hamas is blamed for the rockets and gaza protestors are blamed for their own mysterious ankle wounds

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        1 year ago

        yeah i missed the bottom tweet there, you’re right that that one is definitely much clearer since the Bad Guys are to blame.