#like a quick glance at the wikipedia page for the history of israel or palestine should be enough fuel to question

[clamorybus]

its not fun to talk about, and i feel like such a dick talking about them like this, but it's fucking sickening how easily swayed my parents are

#again they say that i'm a black-and-white thinker but they are so much worse with it than they are #i'm just firm in my beliefs #like my dad was straight up like 'the jewish people have been through a lot and a lot of them are doctors #therefore israel is in the right here' like im not exaggerating that was his view on it #without any deeper thought or reading between the lines on it #my mom was more receptive to my concerns #but she basically let me dictate her opinion on the whole thing because 'you know what you're talking about' #and im genuinely glad she trusts me and values my opinions #but mom. you're fifty years old PLEASE have opinions on things that aren't your daughter's or the news' #i know they don't do the deep political readings that i do; im unemployed and they both work really physically demanding jobs #so of course they don't. its just they don't seem to think very deeply about things and they aren't very curious #to research more about what they're hearing #like a quick glance at the wikipedia page for the history of israel or palestine should be enough fuel to question #the narratives the we're being told #like 'hey europe has a history of ethnic cleansing their colonies maybe that's what THIS european colony is doing' #but whenever the news covers a story about a person being killed by a cop they jump right to 'well yeah lol that's what they get' #even before they hear the full context of the murder. hell the fact that's their first instinct #when hearing about a murder is fucking disgusting. and racist. and terrifying #i love them they are good parents but god damn do i hate them as people. it feels like they have no moral backbone of their own #like p much all i have to do to convince my dad israel is in the wrong is show him #the photos of the irish-palestinian solidarity murals and his pride will tell him to Listen to Our Ancestors #which includes irish people we've never met who're his own age apparently #ofc i don't expect them to be Morally Pure tm or whatever a lot of stuff has to be unlearned but jesus christ TRY. PLEASE #mickey.txt