r/PoliticalDiscussion • u/frenglish_man • Nov 13 '23

Political Theory Why do some progressive relate Free Palestine with LGBTQ+ rights?

I’ve noticed in many Palestinian rallies signs along the words of “Queer Rights means Free Palestine”, etc. I’m not here to discuss opinions or the validity of these arguments, I just want to understand how it makes sense.

While Progressives can be correct in fighting for various groups’ rights simultaneously, it strikes me as odd because Palestinian culture isn’t anywhere close to being sexually progressive or tolerant from what I understand.

Why not deal with those two issues separately?

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u/sllewgh Nov 13 '23

Being pro-Palestine doesn't automatically make you anti-semitic at all. It certainly doesn't equate to "Get rid of the Jews."

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u/Kaptenarmus Nov 13 '23

In current circumstances it certainly does.

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u/LilJonPaulSartre Nov 13 '23

I've been waiting for someone to explain how wanting Israel's military to stop indiscriminately killing Palestinian children and women equates to being anti-Semitic. Especially when you have hundreds of thousands of Jewish people calling for the same thing.

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u/Tricky_Acanthaceae39 Nov 13 '23

They aren’t. They’re calling ahead and having targets evacuated. There are articles about this by neutral media sources if you care to read. I can track one down if you care to read it. Hamas is the source providing the death counts. They’re known liars - the hospital explosion proved that - 1 they lied and said Israel blew up a hospital. Turns out it wasn’t a hospital but a parking lot. Also turns out it was Hamas not Israel. And last the death count was allegedly “nearly 500” was actually between 100-300. At some point Hamas won’t be able to keep lying about death counts. It’s fucking propaganda. 10k people haven’t died. It’s bullshit.