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minus-squareFishFace@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-23 months ago“Publicity stunt” is just a pejorative description of activism, in this case.
minus-squareremon@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·3 months agoIf that’s how you want to interpret it, sure.
minus-squareFishFace@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoFeel free to put forward an alternative view
minus-squareremon@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down2·edit-23 months agoSure: “Publicity stunt” is just an objectively accurate description of activism, in this case.
minus-squaredependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoIf Israel does not let them through like last time then boom we have publicity of Israel actively denying food to Palestinians. If Israel does let them through then they get to give aid to people in need. So it’s either an aid mission or publicity stunt depending on what Israel decides to do.
minus-squareremon@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·edit-23 months agoRight, just that one of these options is highly more likely than the other. And everybody involved knows it.
“Publicity stunt” is just a pejorative description of activism, in this case.
If that’s how you want to interpret it, sure.
Feel free to put forward an alternative view
Sure:
“Publicity stunt” is just an objectively accurate description of activism, in this case.
If Israel does not let them through like last time then boom we have publicity of Israel actively denying food to Palestinians.
If Israel does let them through then they get to give aid to people in need.
So it’s either an aid mission or publicity stunt depending on what Israel decides to do.
Right, just that one of these options is highly more likely than the other. And everybody involved knows it.