• LeninWeave [any]@lemmy.mlOP
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      But until israel has become wasrael, they’ll have my support.

      Well… it sounds like you do commend Hamas for their resistance to the genocidal colonial occupation (complimentary, I mean this as a good thing, of course).

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        It might be my ND brain taking “commend” too literally, but I’d rather frame my support as acknowledging Hamas as a proper resistance movement, and doing my best to contextualize their actions when talking about them. All the shit flinging for whatever ideological divergence is better left for later.

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          I see where you’re coming from. I personally understand “commend” in this case to mean “acknowledge their resistance and give them credit for it” (which I see you do), but I understand what you’re saying, especially when sometimes people will see you agree with “commend” and then gladly use whatever definition they like and put it in your mouth.