Went to music festival on MDW and saw more Palestinian flags than US flags

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Anonymous wrote:If you think that’s bad, you should have seen the number of Israeli flags and Star of David lapel pins I saw at the last GOP convention.

This x100000. Get Israel out of our politics.
If you want to waive your Israeli flag at a music festival, be my guest. But Israeli lobbying money in Congress should have everyone up in arms.

Many people see the Israeli flag in the same light as confederate or Nazi flags.

Almost no one views the Israeli flag in this light.

Check the polls, specifically re: what % of the population is generally supportive of Israel.

TLDR? You're making things up.

I do!!

A Biden voter, I take it? Or maybe now you have become a Trump voter?

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Anonymous wrote:I went to a music festival this past weekend in the U.S. and it was striking - tons of Gen Z kids wearing keffiyahs and waving Palestinian flags. In fact, I didn't see a single US flag being waved at the event except on official flagpoles (the festival was held on government-owned property).

There were people of all age ranges at this festival and it was striking. Only the Gen Z kids were wearing this stuff and carrying these flags. In fact, it almost seems like a fashion trend - white girls wearing watermelon earrings, wearing keffiyahs & free Gaza tshirts. It was utterly bizarre to see young kids decked out in pro-Palestine clothing and then dancing to music.

I know the bombing this past weekend was horrific. But it all seemed extremely performative.

To be clear - the vast majority of attendees at the music festival were not doing any of this. But there definitely seems to be a strong undercurrent of Palestinian cosplay among very young Americans.

Yeah, you're going to have to name the music festival.

I wouldn't expect to see any flags at a music festival unless one of the performers was from a different country and the fans were expressing support for the performer that way. It sounds like you ran into that kind of situation.

Have you been living under a rock for the past decade? Yes, tons of flags at music festivals.

This is from Ultra Music Festival 2013:

One picture from a festival 11 years ago or I'm living under a rock? I don't even understand why you put any energy into such a lame reply.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I went to a music festival this past weekend in the U.S. and it was striking - tons of Gen Z kids wearing keffiyahs and waving Palestinian flags. In fact, I didn't see a single US flag being waved at the event except on official flagpoles (the festival was held on government-owned property).

There were people of all age ranges at this festival and it was striking. Only the Gen Z kids were wearing this stuff and carrying these flags. In fact, it almost seems like a fashion trend - white girls wearing watermelon earrings, wearing keffiyahs & free Gaza tshirts. It was utterly bizarre to see young kids decked out in pro-Palestine clothing and then dancing to music.

I know the bombing this past weekend was horrific. But it all seemed extremely performative.

To be clear - the vast majority of attendees at the music festival were not doing any of this. But there definitely seems to be a strong undercurrent of Palestinian cosplay among very young Americans.

I am so sorry a few kids waving Palestinian flags and wearing Keffiyehs triggered you so much. Do the 30,000 dead civilian bodies and beheaded babies upset you as well?

Maybe show some compassion and be proud of the fact that Gen Z is speaking up for a population that has historically and consistently been abused by the Israelis. And they definitely are more well informed than you about this conflict.

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Anonymous wrote:Did you see that the Gaza Health Ministry decreased dramatically the number of children killed or are you only following this story some times? They dialed their numbers WAY back. It was shocking actually. Got very little coverage of course. Children have still been killed, which is a brutal and awful tragedy, but they had clearly been throwing out random numbers the whole time that everyone is gobbling up. Does make one pause.

FFS. It was reported in NPR, and you have totally misconstrued the adjustment. The UN lowered it because only 70% of the deaths have been accounted for in Gaza's Health Ministry database. The UN reports that the 35K+ is accurate and that 52% have been women and children. It doesn't include people who are trapped under rubble, or hastily buried by family members. It doesn't include the people dying of malnutrition or famine. It also doesn't include the wounded or the estimated 17,000 children who are orphaned or separated from their parents.

If you can look at any picture of Palestine right now and not feel sorry for the children living there in rubble with extreme trauma, there's no hope for you.

Read it right here, folks: https://www.npr.org/2024/05/15/1251265727/un-gaza-death-toll-women-children#:~:text=The%20Gaza%20Health%20Ministry%20says,mass%20graves%20or%20side%20streets.

Speaking of misconstruing, the prior poster literally wrote "Children have still been killed, which is a brutal and awful tragedy".

Almost as if you're not arguing in good faith.

Shocking.

She said it was shocking and not posted in mainstream media. I don't find the news shocking. They are inundated and the UN wants exact numbers.

Isn't the shocking things that 35+ people have died, 52% of them women and children???

Shocking that people have died in a war? No, not shocking.

Obviously they shouldn't have started the war. And they shouldn't continue it. But they are doing both. They don't want peace. They aren't like you, who do want peace.

I'm starting to understand why Jewish voters are trending toward Trump because it's a constant shifting of the goalposts. That's it. That's the answer to every fact, to every statement, to every photo, to every expression of debate, or god forbid compassion.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I went to a music festival this past weekend in the U.S. and it was striking - tons of Gen Z kids wearing keffiyahs and waving Palestinian flags. In fact, I didn't see a single US flag being waved at the event except on official flagpoles (the festival was held on government-owned property).

There were people of all age ranges at this festival and it was striking. Only the Gen Z kids were wearing this stuff and carrying these flags. In fact, it almost seems like a fashion trend - white girls wearing watermelon earrings, wearing keffiyahs & free Gaza tshirts. It was utterly bizarre to see young kids decked out in pro-Palestine clothing and then dancing to music.

I know the bombing this past weekend was horrific. But it all seemed extremely performative.

To be clear - the vast majority of attendees at the music festival were not doing any of this. But there definitely seems to be a strong undercurrent of Palestinian cosplay among very young Americans.

The struggle of the Palestinian people is the struggle of ordinary humans against tyrants in power that monopolize resources, crush basic human rights and unleash savage violence on their families and children. It resonates with people around the world because it is inherently human.

Gee, those poor, sweet, little innocent Palestinians. So absolutely innocent and up against those evil monsters, the Israelis.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did you see that the Gaza Health Ministry decreased dramatically the number of children killed or are you only following this story some times? They dialed their numbers WAY back. It was shocking actually. Got very little coverage of course. Children have still been killed, which is a brutal and awful tragedy, but they had clearly been throwing out random numbers the whole time that everyone is gobbling up. Does make one pause.

FFS. It was reported in NPR, and you have totally misconstrued the adjustment. The UN lowered it because only 70% of the deaths have been accounted for in Gaza's Health Ministry database. The UN reports that the 35K+ is accurate and that 52% have been women and children. It doesn't include people who are trapped under rubble, or hastily buried by family members. It doesn't include the people dying of malnutrition or famine. It also doesn't include the wounded or the estimated 17,000 children who are orphaned or separated from their parents.

If you can look at any picture of Palestine right now and not feel sorry for the children living there in rubble with extreme trauma, there's no hope for you.

Read it right here, folks: https://www.npr.org/2024/05/15/1251265727/un-gaza-death-toll-women-children#:~:text=The%20Gaza%20Health%20Ministry%20says,mass%20graves%20or%20side%20streets.

Speaking of misconstruing, the prior poster literally wrote "Children have still been killed, which is a brutal and awful tragedy".

Almost as if you're not arguing in good faith.

Shocking.

She said it was shocking and not posted in mainstream media. I don't find the news shocking. They are inundated and the UN wants exact numbers.

Isn't the shocking things that 35+ people have died, 52% of them women and children???

Shocking that people have died in a war? No, not shocking.

Obviously they shouldn't have started the war. And they shouldn't continue it. But they are doing both. They don't want peace. They aren't like you, who do want peace.

I'm starting to understand why Jewish voters are trending toward Trump because it's a constant shifting of the goalposts. That's it. That's the answer to every fact, to every statement, to every photo, to every expression of debate, or god forbid compassion.

Trump and his unified reich?? Sure.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I went to a music festival this past weekend in the U.S. and it was striking - tons of Gen Z kids wearing keffiyahs and waving Palestinian flags. In fact, I didn't see a single US flag being waved at the event except on official flagpoles (the festival was held on government-owned property).

There were people of all age ranges at this festival and it was striking. Only the Gen Z kids were wearing this stuff and carrying these flags. In fact, it almost seems like a fashion trend - white girls wearing watermelon earrings, wearing keffiyahs & free Gaza tshirts. It was utterly bizarre to see young kids decked out in pro-Palestine clothing and then dancing to music.

I know the bombing this past weekend was horrific. But it all seemed extremely performative.

To be clear - the vast majority of attendees at the music festival were not doing any of this. But there definitely seems to be a strong undercurrent of Palestinian cosplay among very young Americans.

Idiots. Maybe they should try living in Palestine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did you see that the Gaza Health Ministry decreased dramatically the number of children killed or are you only following this story some times? They dialed their numbers WAY back. It was shocking actually. Got very little coverage of course. Children have still been killed, which is a brutal and awful tragedy, but they had clearly been throwing out random numbers the whole time that everyone is gobbling up. Does make one pause.

FFS. It was reported in NPR, and you have totally misconstrued the adjustment. The UN lowered it because only 70% of the deaths have been accounted for in Gaza's Health Ministry database. The UN reports that the 35K+ is accurate and that 52% have been women and children. It doesn't include people who are trapped under rubble, or hastily buried by family members. It doesn't include the people dying of malnutrition or famine. It also doesn't include the wounded or the estimated 17,000 children who are orphaned or separated from their parents.

If you can look at any picture of Palestine right now and not feel sorry for the children living there in rubble with extreme trauma, there's no hope for you.

Read it right here, folks: https://www.npr.org/2024/05/15/1251265727/un-gaza-death-toll-women-children#:~:text=The%20Gaza%20Health%20Ministry%20says,mass%20graves%20or%20side%20streets.

Speaking of misconstruing, the prior poster literally wrote "Children have still been killed, which is a brutal and awful tragedy".

Almost as if you're not arguing in good faith.

Shocking.

She said it was shocking and not posted in mainstream media. I don't find the news shocking. They are inundated and the UN wants exact numbers.

Isn't the shocking things that 35+ people have died, 52% of them women and children???

Shocking that people have died in a war? No, not shocking.

Obviously they shouldn't have started the war. And they shouldn't continue it. But they are doing both. They don't want peace. They aren't like you, who do want peace.

I'm starting to understand why Jewish voters are trending toward Trump because it's a constant shifting of the goalposts. That's it. That's the answer to every fact, to every statement, to every photo, to every expression of debate, or god forbid compassion.

The only Jews trump gives a damn about are the Javankas!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It definitely is cosplay and a trend. Just see all the interviews of them being asked what river and what sea or anything basic about the conflict.

Seriously, these peoples rivers don’t exactly run deep if you get my drift? Ha ha ha

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Did you see that the Gaza Health Ministry decreased dramatically the number of children killed or are you only following this story some times? They dialed their numbers WAY back. It was shocking actually. Got very little coverage of course. Children have still been killed, which is a brutal and awful tragedy, but they had clearly been throwing out random numbers the whole time that everyone is gobbling up. Does make one pause.

FFS. It was reported in NPR, and you have totally misconstrued the adjustment. The UN lowered it because only 70% of the deaths have been accounted for in Gaza's Health Ministry database. The UN reports that the 35K+ is accurate and that 52% have been women and children. It doesn't include people who are trapped under rubble, or hastily buried by family members. It doesn't include the people dying of malnutrition or famine. It also doesn't include the wounded or the estimated 17,000 children who are orphaned or separated from their parents.

If you can look at any picture of Palestine right now and not feel sorry for the children living there in rubble with extreme trauma, there's no hope for you.

Read it right here, folks: https://www.npr.org/2024/05/15/1251265727/un-gaza-death-toll-women-children#:~:text=The%20Gaza%20Health%20Ministry%20says,mass%20graves%20or%20side%20streets.

Speaking of misconstruing, the prior poster literally wrote "Children have still been killed, which is a brutal and awful tragedy".

Almost as if you're not arguing in good faith.

Shocking.

She said it was shocking and not posted in mainstream media. I don't find the news shocking. They are inundated and the UN wants exact numbers.

Isn't the shocking things that 35+ people have died, 52% of them women and children???

Shocking that people have died in a war? No, not shocking.

Obviously they shouldn't have started the war. And they shouldn't continue it. But they are doing both. They don't want peace. They aren't like you, who do want peace.

I'm starting to understand why Jewish voters are trending toward Trump because it's a constant shifting of the goalposts. That's it. That's the answer to every fact, to every statement, to every photo, to every expression of debate, or god forbid compassion.

Trump and his unified reich?? Sure.

I don't understand it either, but AIPAC has been funding Trumpsters who supported Trump's treason.

"Having raised nearly $16 million in its first quarter of existence, [AIPAC] has now endorsed 109 of the 147 Republican congressmen who supported Donald Trump’s campaign to try to overturn the Electoral College’s results on January 6th, along with a few Democrats."
https://prospect.org/politics/altercation-aipac-goes-full-trump/

In Michigan, they also took out Andy Levin, a Jewish House member, who a former synagogue president to install Hayley Stevens, a Dem who has consistently voted against abortion rights. Levin, on the other hand, was arrested in front of the Supreme Court for protesting the overturning of Roe v. Wade. So, AIPAC isn't going against women's rights in the US to push their own agenda. I guess the end justifies the means.

"AIPAC’s most successful sally in 2022 was kicking Andy Levin—not only one of the most prominent Jewish members of the House, but also a former synagogue president—out of his House seat in Michigan, in favor of a more conservative, non-Jewish representative in Haley Stevens. (Levin had dared to indicate support for a two-state solution, introducing a bill that would have prevented U.S. aid from being used to fund Israeli settlements in the West Bank and that recognized East Jerusalem as “occupied territory,” among other provisions.) And all of that was before Israel’s devastating war in Gaza began."
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/02/i...mary-megadonors.html

[Anonymous]

IS going against women's rights in the US

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I went to a music festival this past weekend in the U.S. and it was striking - tons of Gen Z kids wearing keffiyahs and waving Palestinian flags. In fact, I didn't see a single US flag being waved at the event except on official flagpoles (the festival was held on government-owned property).

There were people of all age ranges at this festival and it was striking. Only the Gen Z kids were wearing this stuff and carrying these flags. In fact, it almost seems like a fashion trend - white girls wearing watermelon earrings, wearing keffiyahs & free Gaza tshirts. It was utterly bizarre to see young kids decked out in pro-Palestine clothing and then dancing to music.

I know the bombing this past weekend was horrific. But it all seemed extremely performative.

To be clear - the vast majority of attendees at the music festival were not doing any of this. But there definitely seems to be a strong undercurrent of Palestinian cosplay among very young Americans.

Idiots. Maybe they should try living in Palestine.

I’m planning to start a 501c3 that facilitates cross cultural understanding by sending college students to Palestine. Perhaps I should fundraise here amongst the well-heeled DCUMs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It definitely is cosplay and a trend. Just see all the interviews of them being asked what river and what sea or anything basic about the conflict.

What isn’t cosplay is seeing dead children and destroyed buildings on TikTok. Maybe if the IDF could put their phones down ..

Gen Z wouldn’t be so taken by Gaza.

War Photojournalism is banned in U.S. news since Vietnam for a reason. Cable news gives us the anchor centric /sanitized look at war. Social media does not because the people are the journalists (IDF soldiers, Gazan doctors). It’s not Gen Z’s fault they aren’t glued to to the tv watching CNN or Fox like the boomers

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I went to a music festival this past weekend in the U.S. and it was striking - tons of Gen Z kids wearing keffiyahs and waving Palestinian flags. In fact, I didn't see a single US flag being waved at the event except on official flagpoles (the festival was held on government-owned property).

There were people of all age ranges at this festival and it was striking. Only the Gen Z kids were wearing this stuff and carrying these flags. In fact, it almost seems like a fashion trend - white girls wearing watermelon earrings, wearing keffiyahs & free Gaza tshirts. It was utterly bizarre to see young kids decked out in pro-Palestine clothing and then dancing to music.

I know the bombing this past weekend was horrific. But it all seemed extremely performative.

To be clear - the vast majority of attendees at the music festival were not doing any of this. But there definitely seems to be a strong undercurrent of Palestinian cosplay among very young Americans.

I am so sorry a few kids waving Palestinian flags and wearing Keffiyehs triggered you so much. Do the 30,000 dead civilian bodies and beheaded babies upset you as well?

Maybe show some compassion and be proud of the fact that Gen Z is speaking up for a population that has historically and consistently been abused by the Israelis. And they definitely are more well informed than you about this conflict.

+1000.

I also love when the pro Israelis mock TikTok as if they didn’t start with TikTok war propaganda and journalism . Gen Z Americans weren’t concerned with Gaza until Gen Z Israeli soldiers started posting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did you see that the Gaza Health Ministry decreased dramatically the number of children killed or are you only following this story some times? They dialed their numbers WAY back. It was shocking actually. Got very little coverage of course. Children have still been killed, which is a brutal and awful tragedy, but they had clearly been throwing out random numbers the whole time that everyone is gobbling up. Does make one pause.

FFS. It was reported in NPR, and you have totally misconstrued the adjustment. The UN lowered it because only 70% of the deaths have been accounted for in Gaza's Health Ministry database. The UN reports that the 35K+ is accurate and that 52% have been women and children. It doesn't include people who are trapped under rubble, or hastily buried by family members. It doesn't include the people dying of malnutrition or famine. It also doesn't include the wounded or the estimated 17,000 children who are orphaned or separated from their parents.

If you can look at any picture of Palestine right now and not feel sorry for the children living there in rubble with extreme trauma, there's no hope for you.

Read it right here, folks: https://www.npr.org/2024/05/15/1251265727/un-gaza-death-toll-women-children#:~:text=The%20Gaza%20Health%20Ministry%20says,mass%20graves%20or%20side%20streets.

Speaking of misconstruing, the prior poster literally wrote "Children have still been killed, which is a brutal and awful tragedy".

Almost as if you're not arguing in good faith.

Shocking.

She said it was shocking and not posted in mainstream media. I don't find the news shocking. They are inundated and the UN wants exact numbers.

Isn't the shocking things that 35+ people have died, 52% of them women and children???

Shocking that people have died in a war? No, not shocking.

Obviously they shouldn't have started the war. And they shouldn't continue it. But they are doing both. They don't want peace. They aren't like you, who do want peace.

I'm starting to understand why Jewish voters are trending toward Trump because it's a constant shifting of the goalposts. That's it. That's the answer to every fact, to every statement, to every photo, to every expression of debate, or god forbid compassion.

Moving a goal post? The post is "do not genocide". If Jewish voters cannot comply or agree with that norm then there is a completely moral void in the community that must be addressed.