Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://kolektiva.social/@oatmeal" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>oatmeal</span></a></span> </p><p>&gt;&gt; Fast-forward…</p><p>NO. Don't. You don't get to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cherryPick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cherryPick</span></a> dates that suit you and skip over history that is unpleasant</p><p>BEFORE 1948, there were 2 World Wars. </p><p>400 years BEFORE <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WWI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WWI</span></a>, the land you call <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a> was under <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TurkishOccupation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TurkishOccupation</span></a>. </p><p>In other words, Palestine has not been "free" in at least 500+ years.</p><p>BEFORE 1948, there was also <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WWII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WWII</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Holocaust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Holocaust</span></a>. </p><p>You were saying something about "sweeping <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ethnicCleansing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ethnicCleansing</span></a>?" Oh right, mass murder of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Jews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jews</span></a> don't count 🙄</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://noc.social/@lukevanin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>lukevanin</span></a></span><br>⬇️</p>