TotallynotJessica ( TotallynotJessica@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) M to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 4 months agowar, war never ruleslemmy.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square119linkfedilinkarrow-up1600
arrow-up1600imagewar, war never ruleslemmy.blahaj.zoneTotallynotJessica ( TotallynotJessica@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) M to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square119linkfedilink
minus-squareschmorp ( schmorpel@slrpnk.net ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 months agoThey are defending a made-up line on a map full of made-up lines and names. I don’t care about the make-believe show.
minus-squarezaphod ( zaphod@sopuli.xyz ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·4 months agoBut what if the people on the other side of the line think you don’t deserve to live because of your world view, your sexuality, your skin colour?
minus-squareArcanepotato ( Arcanepotato@crazypeople.online ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agoI can’t think of a war that happened because of this. Please don’t say WW2 because even the history books don’t claim it was to stop the atrocities.
minus-squareschmorp ( schmorpel@slrpnk.net ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoLiving inside any of those lines doesn’t seem to guarantee that. ‘People on the other side’ is a story the powerful have been telling us for years. What if they start a war and nobody attends?
They are defending a made-up line on a map full of made-up lines and names. I don’t care about the make-believe show.
But what if the people on the other side of the line think you don’t deserve to live because of your world view, your sexuality, your skin colour?
I can’t think of a war that happened because of this. Please don’t say WW2 because even the history books don’t claim it was to stop the atrocities.
Living inside any of those lines doesn’t seem to guarantee that. ‘People on the other side’ is a story the powerful have been telling us for years. What if they start a war and nobody attends?