And how many wounded officers?

What’s the old adage? Your boss would replace you before you’re cold in the ground?

Oh shit EU be careful. Are you really going to follow us down the shitter?

You know what prevents crime? Better standard of living and overall living conditions. But sure let’s go robocop surveillance state instead. Can’t mess with the profits.

Just a reminder they include journalists, doctors, first responders, academics and paper pushing bureaucrats as militants.

Wow that is curious. The article itself changed. Don’t they usually include “update” or “changed to include” and a time stamp when that happens? Or am I just not seeing it? When I read it the first time it definitely didn’t talk about leaving port again. If memory serves it said they had to turn around due to weather and it was unclear if or when they’d leave again. Now it says,

“A flotilla of dozens of boats loaded with aid for Gaza departed Barcelona port on Monday evening after stormy weather forced them to return to port earlier, Reuters footage showed.”

Strange. But glad to know they’re underway.

I mean, that would be one way to grab the media spotlight! And draw attention to the issue.

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I mean let’s not forget the World Central Kitchen Workers. They’ll use the same pattern they always do whether aid workers, hospitals, schools, medical staff or journalists:

1. nuh-uh we didn’t do it
2. ok, we did it but HaMaS
3. ok, but they thought it was HaMaS
4. fine we we did it but look at all these other crimes we’ve done since then! Old news!
5. dead people don’t come back and justice is never served

I reread it and I think I was just triggered and my brain skipped the whole picture. That was my mistake. I’m used to navigating more hostile online environments.

Ok. I hope that’s the case. I don’t mean to be defensive. It just seems that’s often the implication with these kind of remarks.

Why? You’re not implying Gazans mean them harm are you? I know more than one family that would lay down their lives to defend people like this. They’re not idiots. They absolutely understand the optics and global importance of this style of activism.

Absolutely. The media bias is terrible.

I believe the Freedom Flotilla site posted an interview he did with ABC News where he was able to briefly recounts the horrific racism and assault he endured at the hands of the Israelis. Thanks for raising his name again. More people need to hear what he experienced.

Anyone who hasn’t seen it should go give it a watch and a listen.

Edit: to add to your expanded post. I agree Smalls is largely ignored by liberal media but I think his action and involvement reaches to others that Greta can’t. Greta is also selectively called upon when it suits their bias. We need everyone. He took on extra inherit risks and he deserves every bit of credit and validation for that fact. And I think he’s exposed more Israeli lies about how “tolerant” and “progressive” they are socially. Completely ignoring they have massive problems with racism and homophobia in their ranks and society.

I’ll save you the trouble. The majority of the arguements fall into the usual categories it’s “performative”, “it won’t matter any way”, “it’s a ‘war’ zone”, they’re all just “taking pleasure cruises on yachts” that “they aren’t even carrying aid”, that “Greta’s just a rich spoiled brat and it’s European rich kids having fun” etc. And of course the full fledged backing of Israel(which is basically confessing Israel has an obligation to provide for “their” territory and are failing to do so).

Basically “DiRtY HipPiESssssssss” is their “strongest” counter-arguement. The rest are just proving the point how ridiculous Israel is and how world governments are complicit.

I think I misunderstood your remark at first, but I just took a brief peek at the comment section over on one of the Reddit posts. What I find funny is a lot of their crying/outrage/gotchyas actually justify the purpose of the flotilla and bring direct attention to many of the problems the mission seeks to highlight.

Interesting how this coincided with a spike in unsolicited calls from a certain foreign “agency” to Palestinian families in Belgium. What a strange coincidence.

Don’t forget first responders and healthcare workers.

And we know they chronically lie to cover their tracks… so… that’s the lowest they could drag that number and still make it sound somewhat feasible. Think about that.

And that’s if we believe the Israelis aren’t lying to cover their genocide.

More like stupidity.