# The Crane Brouhaha over Gaza, Pit edition

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [April 19, 2024, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crane-brouhaha-over-gaza-pit-edition/1000742 "2024-04-19T08:11:04Z")\
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> [@Bad Moderation in "Hamas Attacks Israel" MPSIMS thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-moderation-in-hamas-attacks-israel-mpsims-thread/1000412/56):
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> > [@Bad Moderation in "Hamas Attacks Israel" MPSIMS thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-moderation-in-hamas-attacks-israel-mpsims-thread/1000412/56):
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> > Imagine if it were any other group.
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> Because to me it means he’s saying no other group is told how they’re supposed to feel about shit like this.

Doesn’t read that way to me. Reads to me that he expects there to be criticism if it’s members of other groups.

There was a whole long thread on here objecting to that moderation of Banquet Bear. Didn’t succeed in getting it stopped; but it didn’t just slide by without reaction.

> [@What were you THINKING?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/2612):
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> In actuality, Jewish people _and_ Palestinians are both Indigenous to the Levant; despite a concentrated campaign of erasure, we cannot forget this fact.

Also a very good, and entirely accurate, point.

The problem isn’t that one set of people has a legitimate claim to the land and the other set doesn’t. The problem is that both sets of people have a legitimate claim to the exact same land and, while many individuals on both sides are willing to live with each other, all too many of them are not.

> [@What were you THINKING?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/2617):
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> To me, trolling implies disingenuousness, and people who actually care about something aren’t disingenuous about it.

I think it’s quite possible to troll about a subject one’s sincere about.

The line between that, and vehemently arguing for one’s cause, is somewhat blurry.

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