everything u need to know about me can actually be explained by the fact that i read that poem about the serving girl wearing the pearls so they’re warm for her mistress when i was like 11 and it rewrote my brain chemistry forever
i mean to be clear i think we can all agree it is bad when civilians die. however the israeli state’s policies as a settler-colonial genocidal project means that for decades it has been constructing a situation where it is impossible for palestinians to fight back against daily brutal violence without israeli civilians being caught in the crossfire so i think if you are upset about those deaths you should take it up with the government that built cities and invited settlers onto recently stolen land and then committed indiscriminate massacres against the people it was stolen from for decades. but of course most of the people handwringing about israeli civilians are not actually concerned with human life–or if they are, not with a worldview that recognizes palestinians as human
someone please help me find that quote about how someone was overwhelmed with the weight of the world and their problems when they were physically alone, but that weight felt like nothing in the presence of a friend and good conversation
