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    1 year ago

    Throwing a stone is not a petty crime, it’s called assault with a deadly weapon

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      1 year ago

      If you’re a crowd who throws 100 of them, perhaps. Not one little boy, throwing a single stone. Don’t be ridiculous.

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        11 months ago

        When people say children, it includes people who are 16 years old.

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          a grape can be a deadly weapon under the right circumstances. that doesn’t mean it is one.

          you’re still being ridiculous.

          Head trauma is no joke is.

          yet you’re not dead. I rest my case.

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        11 months ago

        I don’t know, why don’t you ask Hamas, since they are the experts in killing children

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          11 months ago

          Suddenly you’re all bashful about slapping labels on stuff?

          It’s OK - we can try another - what do you call a group that’s killed orders of magnitude more children than the “experts in killing children”?

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            11 months ago

            Also experts in killing children. Who said either of the sides is blameless?

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              11 months ago

              It’s implied in you running straight past Israel’s actions to focus on condemnation of Palestinians comparatively minor actions - or is there another explanation?

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                  11 months ago

                  So what do you call the group killing many, many times more kids than the “experts in killing children”, and why did you deflect to the comparatively minor crimes of Hamas?

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          11 months ago

          At this point, Israel has killed far more children in this war than Hamas. So I’d say they’re both experts, but Israel is the one with more experience.

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      11 months ago

      Arresting kids for throwing rocks is petty enough as it. Labeling their actions as assault with a deadly weapon before you arrest them is just absurd.

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        11 months ago

        How is it petty? It’s actually physically dangerous to people.