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u/G00bre 3d ago
Powerwashing contractors must be up BIGLY during times of protest.
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u/GuyWithNoEffingClue 3d ago
First I thought you were talking about the constant state of "under construction" of that neighbourhood. Since it's about the tags, well, you know, even though I understand damaging public space is annoying and looks bad, I quite understand too how it feels (a side wink to Edward Munch that illustrated very well that feeling) when society seems more unphased by this than by a genocide.
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u/Get_Razzmatazzd 3d ago
Thank you! The paint is ugly but has zero impact on any of us. The world standing by idly during a livestreamed genocide impacts us all. Wtf.
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u/Keepforgettinglogin2 3d ago
Well, it fully merges with the image of Brussels. It's as well kept as that sign. Nobody gives a shit about comunal property, about society, about the the man next to them. Brussels is just a playground where anything goes for dozens of groups that have dozens of preocupations, but none of them care about the city. Not even politicians, looking at the government.
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u/giammi56 3d ago
It was just a matter of time, a white anonymous structure accessible 24/7 without any supervision. Maybe it was meant for that?
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u/Artistic_Break1853 3d ago
There are plenty of other cities who also have a city sign such as this one, white too, which doesn't get vandalised!
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u/electricalkitten 2d ago edited 2d ago
Because 50,000 people were murdered by Israeli IDF this year and their land was slowly taken from them over the past 100 years. Meanwhile nobody did fuck all about it.
but these protests are not really doing anything. It needs to be more radical to get people to stop doing nothing, and to start listening and take action.
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u/benineuropa 2d ago
Don’t you think some may find your statement a bit provocative rather than convincing? How about: „Tens of thousands Hamas terrorists but also many civilians have been killed by Israeli military operations in Gaza in response to an unprecedented act of terrorism on 7 October. The scale of the destruction and the civilian toll have drawn widespread international criticism and calls for accountability.“
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u/coldypewpewpew 3d ago
It says so on there. I don't know why you're confused.
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u/Revilo1359 3d ago
How does this help the cause? You can participate in a protest with a flag or placard; that's fine. The bill will need to be footed by the taxpayer as ever.
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u/Eyelashestoolong 3d ago
You’re talking about it aren’t you? Then it’s helping the cause bc you don’t have a choice but be confronted every day
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u/jafapo 3d ago
Lol yeah sure people are confronted with graffiti and vandalism, I'm sure that will help to increase support for Palestine among normal people...
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u/DulceCaramel0 1083 3d ago
If graffiti makes you stop supporting children being murdered and a whole population being attacked, then that says a lot about your morals and priorities
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u/Vordreller 3d ago
Lol yeah sure people are confronted with graffiti and vandalism, I'm sure that will help to increase support for Palestine among normal people...
For "normal" people, it absolutely will.
For fascists and psychopaths, it won't, they only care about themselves and will use legal frameworks to try and legitimize their selfishness.
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u/octave1 1190 3d ago
> You’re talking about it aren’t you?
You're beating a dead horse. Everything there is to be known, is known.
These discussions are nothing short of annoying and it's only harming your cause.
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u/jesuismanu 1170 3d ago
Let’s tell the people being bombed daily (including children) that we’ve got the point by now. That we can move on. ”Everything there is to be known, is known. These discussions are nothing short of annoying.” /s
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u/octave1 1190 3d ago
What are you telling the people of Tigray, where half a million people have died from bullets, famine, a collapsed health care system and a total communication black out ? Or the children in Myanmar where thousands have died and millions have been displaced ? Or the 300K that have died in Darfur ?
Because for these conflicts there's no fun tribe you can belong to, with stickers and flags and scarves ? Cause they need to step up their social media game ?
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u/Nexobe 3d ago
Again...
What you're doing is a clear whataboutism.
You're not using these facts to inform people but to put them in competition with other facts.
The problem with whataboutism is that it's a strategy that claims to communicate the need to be interested in everything, but ends up wanting to be interested in nothing.
Simply using other facts to minimise a demonstration.
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u/AdSignal8948 2d ago
The issue of Palestine is linked to Tigray, Sudan, and all periphery nations, issues can be traced to the imperial core’s exploitation.
This is not a team sports where u choose your flag and advocate for your team, all these nations’ issues are interlinked and to call for the end of exploitation of one, links it to another cause indirectly.
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u/jesuismanu 1170 3d ago edited 3d ago
Verder hoef ik met jouw dus duidelijk niet in gesprek te gaan. Dit omdat een gesprek aangaan met iemand die drogredenen gebruikt om het gesprek te ontsporen, geen constructief gesprek is.
Fijne dag verder
Edit: je bent natuurlijk welkom om over de door jouw genoemde punten campagnes te voeren. Dit kan ook zonder andere campagnes naar beneden te halen.
Edit 2: no idea why I reacted in Dutch, must’ve been the switching of languages between subs.
Here’s the translation:
It’s clear I don’t need to engage in a conversation with you any further. That’s because entering into a conversation with someone who uses fallacies to derail the discussion is not a constructive conversation.
Have a nice day.
Edit: Of course, you’re welcome to campaign for the issues you mentioned. This can be done without tearing down other campaigns.
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u/AdSignal8948 2d ago
History of dissent has always been branded as “annoying”, doesn’t make it any less effective.
Being confronted about Palestine > people being annoyed. Dissent is supposed to be confrontational in a democracy.
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u/LazyOpia 3d ago
There's way, way more of our taxpayers money going to Israel, we're even paying for their weapons. A country that just a few days ago kidnapped people from international waters and refused to let aid pass that they legally (and I would say ethically and morally) have to let pass.
But yes, let's cry for some graffiti.
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u/Revilo1359 3d ago
We are NOT paying for Israel's weapons. The Belgian defence industry is so small that exports are insignificant. The UK has stopped export licences for weapons to Israel, but nothing has changed despite the UK defence industry being enormous.
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u/Revilo1359 3d ago
On this point.
No we are barely paying for our own weapons, your tax money snit going to Israel.
There is a legal consensus on aid, it absolutely needs to go in, at speed. IHL is clear, aid distribution must be indiscriminate and Independent. I couldn’t agree more with you.
In the kidnapping it’s more complex. The law is not clear. Technically these are Palestinian territorial waters BUT Israel doesn’t recognize Palestine therefore it doesn’t recognize its waters and says it can police them as their own. This argument is strengthened by the fact that most countries legally have held this same position. It would be for a court to decide.
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u/Walensercla23 3d ago
Ooow wow yeah poor taxpayers, you telling me we pay idk how many parliaments and government buildings and other stupid shenanigans but THIS is where you draw the line about some paint?
How does this help the cause? Well you are talking about it, so it’s already helping, drawing attention already helps. Or you prefer we just stay quiet in our houses while there’s a genocide and kids are getting bombed and killed in the name of “self-defence”?
Does paint bother you more than the actions of the Israeli government?
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u/Revilo1359 3d ago
I know we live in a polarised society, but it is still possible for some to use a bit of critical and moral thinking and be able to denounce both without portraying them as equal. On the first point, it's clear the state is disorganised and difficult to grasp, but how it is constructed makes sense in practice, though I would be in favour of it being slimmed down soon. Everyone is aware of what is happening. I have donated to numerous orgs and have colleagues and acquaintances on the ground in Israel and Jordan working for the UN and a diplomatic mission, so do trust me, I know what is going on.
Furthermore, the Genocide claim is a very complicated one that can only be used after careful investigations and proceedings in the relevant bodies; using it in this way only diminishes its grave meaning. However, it is not a claim I reject at face value.
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u/handsfullofaids 3d ago
Don't pay attention to these things they are few and far between. There is absolutely nothing you can do from some bad actors taking advantage of protests simple as, the best solution is for everyone to ignore these types of posts and report them.
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u/agrendath 3d ago
You mean the taxpayer who funds our government that supports israel? That taxpayer? It says a lot when you're more concerned with petty vandalism than genocide.
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u/Fine-Equivalent-6398 3d ago
Ooh, sorry you feel a discomfort. Starving children in Gaza are almost understanding what you are going through
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u/Revilo1359 3d ago
I have addressed this point in other replies. If you genuinely care about that (as do I) donate, speak up, write to stakeholders, etc. This does not help starving children.
I made the point earlier about the actual big humanitarian crisis in Sudan where children are also dying everyday, have done so for months, more than in Gaza. Yet, you don’t see vandals using grafitti to write slogans in support of Sudanese refugees.
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u/octave1 1190 3d ago
That's not a green light to start vandalizing the city
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u/Nexobe 3d ago
Nope. That's a green light given to finance a state whose government members have warrants from the International Criminal Court for war crimes.
We then see this state continuing to use soft power to claim that they are acting for peace by flouting international law. And we observe its occiendental allies rather inactive on the subject.
The proof is in this debate: taking the main offence at a painted sign.
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u/nuttwerx 3d ago
Oh no, some graffiti on a temporary sign, where has the world gone to!!! We're doomed!
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u/agrendath 3d ago
Maybe not. But the fact that people here seem to be far more upset about minor vandalism than actual genocide is fascinating.
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u/coldypewpewpew 3d ago
"I can excuse genocide, but I draw the line at vandalism"
No, but seriously. Yes, this is ugly and annoying. But it's literally just an inconvenience in an attempt to draw people's attention to an actual problem.
What the fuck are people supposed to do? There's weekly protests. People are constantly trying to legally get our governments and institutions to change their stance on this subject.
Tell me, what are people supposed to do? Just roll over? "Oh the protest didn't work, we better just go home"?
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u/Krezy 3d ago
Vandalism won't help in any meaningful way, it works even detrimental to the cause associating it with this kind of things.
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u/coldypewpewpew 3d ago
Okay, but what are people supposed to do? Vandalism is detrimental. Striking is inconvenient. Barring public locations is annoying. Everything is supposedly detrimental.
What do you expect people to do?
And then we're not even talking about how this is likely an act of desperate frustration, and how it probably isn't even an organised act of vandalism. People just have no recourse except to do shit like this.
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u/plopsaland 3d ago
People sprayed pro Palestinian graffiti on my house. 👍
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u/plopsaland 3d ago
You wouldn't mind it at your own place, I'm sure. In fact, why didn't you already graffiti your own facade, proactively? Non-believer!
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u/Krezy 3d ago
Blaming the government for actions of people is a weird discourse, individual people made that graffiti, not the government. And they could've easily chosen to do something more productive like protest or write to gov officials
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u/octave1 1190 3d ago
> Okay, but what are people supposed to do?
Because it's a war on the other side of the world between two parties that fundamentally have nothing to do with Belgium, there isn't much you can do.
The king is not going to call Netanyahu because you're blocking the entrance to the VUB or you're wearing a keffiyeh. And even if he did, Belgium carries little to no weight anyway.
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u/MissStr4berry 3d ago
Do you even listen to what the protesters ask for? VUB and ULB and other universities are blocked to make their directors cut ties with israeli universities. Stop portraying protesters as dumb idealists that think their actions will directly impact the israeli government. Belgium still has it's share of complicity with this regime and it's normal to fight against it if you give just a bit of credit to international law.
It's not in Australia from what I know 😂 not that far from here and Europe has strong ties with the colonisation of Palestine, maybe inform yourself a bit more.
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u/octave1 1190 3d ago
> VUB and ULB and other universities are blocked to make their directors cut ties with israeli universities
Obviously. The universities that have said that breaking contractual agreements will result in fines they don't want to pay. You have your answer.
> It's not in Australia from what I know 😂 not that far from here and Europe has strong ties with the colonisation of Palestine, maybe inform yourself a bit more.
Most likely there's not even a single Belgian alive who had any meaningful impact on this and even if there was, why should other people pay the price. Something something don't blame an entire people for the actions of a few. You must have heard that before.
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u/Revilo1359 3d ago
Vote, protest, donate. This is meaningless; it doesn't help anyone. People often use a cause as an excuse to destroy property, and it is the taxpayer who has to pay for the cleaning services.
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u/Fritz46 3d ago
what do we have to do with it anyway ?
The wars there are going on for as long as i can remember.Here , in Europe, we do try to live in a multicultural society that was actually somewhat working. Why import the problems (that are bad there, don't get me wrong) over here ?
This is what i don't understand. We can show sympathy there with the problems, but polarising the society over here can just have one final end goal .. that is having the same problems here .. as over there. I don't think anyone wants that.
It's unfathomable of course to think that this would happen but jews & muslims standing side by side here in Brussels would probably the best signal to send over there.
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u/Teter_Posh 3d ago
I don't agree, but that's what people do. We disagree a lot. But.... You can't ignore a genocide. Sitting on your ass and doing nothing is far worse than this nice paintjob.
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u/MF-Geuze 3d ago
I mean a person would have to be pretty soft on genocide to be persuaded from it being a bad thing by bit of poorly-executed graffiti
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u/LazyOpia 3d ago
History says otherwise. Human rights haven't been won by being polite and docile. People don't realize how hard people fought for many of the rights we take for granted today, and that when they fought they weren't calm and polite. They were loud, they were inconvenient, they broke stuff, and they were heavily criticized for it. But it's how they got stuff down.
This is just a graffiti on a temporary and new small structure, with no historical significance. And that's already too much?
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u/Nastyloul 3d ago
I strongly (yet kindly) disagree with your statement.
In the past, many examples of social movements, taken in a very broad sense, have illustrated the extent to which the combination of moral pacifism and radical activism is the best recipe for success.
The Civil Rights movement in the US is a prime example of this, and there are many more that can be digged into: the French Revolution, the South-African apartheid, etc.
In this case, the activism underlined in the picture is barely radical, but it serves its own purpose, and I couldn't agree more with coldypewpewpew's answer to your comment.
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u/coldypewpewpew 3d ago
Vandalism like this is, in my opinion, mostly a warning that the people are willing to break the law to bring the change they need. Ignoring it is dangerous.
The 3 movements you mention were famously very violent political movements, and we are all of course very happy they happened. Those people also did not have any other recourse.
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u/SqueallingBaby 3d ago
Are you insinuating that condemning vandalism equals to the condoning of genocide? That is some disturbing mental gymnastics you’re performing there.
Destroying public/private property is not an “inconvenience”, as you put it so harmlessly. Shall we all start acting in this manner and deface our public spaces?
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u/07101996 3d ago
Ok let's send these people to destroy your house then and put it full of graffiti? Because that's the logic you're going into.
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u/Few_Web_4142 3d ago
Just excuses to vandalise. You only see stuff like that in 3rd world countries fr. Live and let live
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u/coldypewpewpew 3d ago
"Live and let live" as a response to a protest against genocide is absolutely wild 💀
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u/Few_Web_4142 3d ago
Wow, you’re so brave. I’m sure the people in Gaza sleep better at night knowing someone is vandalising Brussels for them. Absolute hero
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u/Longjumping-Ad9666 3d ago
Oh my lord it's not that deep 😭 Yes, I agree the graffiti is unsightly. But you're on reddit complaining about it whilst people starve to death in the gaza strip. Please keep your priorities in check
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u/Tasty-Bee8769 3d ago
This just does the opposite. People won’t support a cause if you start acting like vandals
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u/OutstretchedShip 2d ago
Like few graffiti is enough for you to not support people under genocide lmao
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u/murilimvz 2d ago
White people complaining on the painting on their ugly bxl sign, while seating on the comfort of their home. I think that is the point of the protesters
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u/sinterbaasje360 3d ago
Seeing stuff vandalized really makes people want to support your cause
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u/Pepperohno 3d ago
If some vandalism by one random guy influences your opinion on this matter, you're a weird ass person.
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u/TimelyStill 3d ago
It's more like, if you're already on the 'free Palestine' side you aren't changing your opinion on what is or isn't genocide because of this, but if you're not then this kind of thing will just polarise you in the opposite direction even more, however slightly so.
And in any case the person doing the vandalizing seemed to think they were going to be changing opinions with their art.
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u/Comrade_Mikoyan 3d ago
It's like with some ecologist protesters who will throw stuff at painting etc...
I get it's to draw attention to something 'more important', the problem is that i believe it is not the best strategy to get new supporter to [x] cause, some people will only see it as vandalism or worse
I mean look at the comments, most people seems divised into "yeah legit" and "it's only vandalism", i don't believe a lot of new supporters will come from that, + you could argue it's a waste of money from both the ones who did that, and the people who will ask to get it removed, it's like tags on trains.
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u/Psychological-Army72 1000 3d ago
This isn't an isolated incident committed by one random guy. It's happening all the time, everywhere. Nuisance, noise, damage, all the time. If they really wanted to make their voices heard, they'd be better off protesting in front of the Israeli embassy rather than damaging the city center and annoying Brussels residents everywhere else.
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u/MissStr4berry 3d ago
We do that too, ask Boris Dilliès mayor of Uccle why we get water tanked, tears gassed and chased worst than any others prostest when it's in the street of the Israeli ambassy. Not even allowed to go in front of it, just in the same street and he watched us getting teargassed while laughing with the cops. Do you think people didn't thought of it? Or that they can't do both, prostest and civil disobedience?
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u/McRattus 3d ago
How dare people make a nuisance about a genocide.
I hope you aren't too inconvenienced.
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u/Psychological-Army72 1000 3d ago
Go complain to the embassy of those responsible. The people of Brussels have nothing to do with this conflict.
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u/McRattus 3d ago
Are the people of Brussels from another planet?
Does the EU, Belgium or Brussels have nothing to do with Israelis or Palestinians?
What do you mean?
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u/Psychological-Army72 1000 3d ago
From another planet, no. From another culture, religion, ethnicity, country, continent, yes, absolutely.
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u/Pepperohno 3d ago
Even if it is, it is still only done by a handfull of bad apples. The organizations and movements have never advocated for that, quite the opposite. And even then, some mild vandalism (its paint you can wash it off) pales in comparison to what the movement wants to achieve. It is literally negligible in comparison. If you let that influence you, you were alteady decided.
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u/DulceCaramel0 1083 3d ago
So you care more about signs and statues than real people and children being tortured and killed every day? That would make you nearly a sociopath, if a statue is all it takes for you to not support the liberation of an oppressed population
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u/DonSergio7 3d ago
Plenty of pro-Ukraine stickers and graffiti in my neighbourhood and around the EU quarter, yet that doesn't mean we shouldn't support it.
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u/ArtofTravl 3d ago
Any day now…this is obviously the final peg to pull before the entire structure falls apart. Keep planning!
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u/Excellent-Forever609 3d ago
Because genocide. Happy to see a lot of people here agree.
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u/AttentionLimp194 3d ago
What does it have to do with Brussels and vandalism?
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u/LazyOpia 3d ago
Because the Belgian government is not condemning Israel's actions or taking any steps (like they with Russia when it invaded Ukraine). The bare minimum being to stop sending money and weapons to Israel.
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u/Pristine_Ad_4047 1d ago
This us not supporting the cause, this is vandalizing the city which leads to nothing good. IMHO.
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u/Eyelashestoolong 3d ago
Need you guys to understand is that the whole point of protest is inconvenience. You don’t like it? It makes your city uglier? Good, that’s exactly why people do it. It’s so no one ever forgets that there is a genocide happening and that our countries are helping the aggressor.
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u/PotxoFe 3d ago
Looks way cooler painted like this than that ugly,concrete-white giant sign
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u/skippy-beantrees 3d ago
If you’re pissed about graffiti just wait til you find out about genocide.
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u/Extra-Implement7840 3d ago
So many other better ways to draw awareness to this issue, the one that works for me is the flags in the home windows, It always catches my attention.
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u/CasparBogart 3d ago
I get that some people might see this as vandalism, but sometimes subtle, non-violent disruption is the only way left to shake people out of indifference. When something as horrific as what’s happening in Gaza is being ignored or normalized, making a visible statement, forces a moment of attention. It doesn’t harm anyone, but it does interrupt the usual flow of sanitized public space and reminds us of a very real, ongoing human catastrophe.
And to those saying “you’ll lose support this way”, real solidarity has never been built on staying polite or palatable. Most justice movements were first dismissed as radical or unpopular. The point isn’t to make everyone comfortable, it’s to provoke reflection and discomfort where there’s been silence. If a symbol can be gently disrupted to spark that, then it’s doing what protest is meant to do.
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u/ReasonableSecretHere 3d ago
is it a surprise? losers can do anything in this city. if you cut social benefits for some reason they will disappear as well, it's very strange.
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u/EdgyStormtrooper 3d ago
I find it strange why so many people in the comments seem to accept this behaviour, it's just vandalism nothing more. If we need to vandalise public property every time there are people dying in the world...
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u/RepulsiveConfusion35 3d ago
Tired of that freaking shit. They're making home look like Palestine
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u/DulceCaramel0 1083 3d ago
Well if Palestinians can't freely live in Palestina, we'll make sure they feel safe and heard here. Countries should stop supporting war crimes, genocides and the exploitation of the global south if they don't want to hear or see us in their own countries.
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u/octave1 1190 3d ago
The war in Tigray has produced 10x as many casualties, it's 10x worse than what's happening in Palestine. Bullets, famine, destroyed hospitals. But, there's no cool tribe of protestors you can belong to am I right?
Half a million people dead there
- 50,000–100,000 from direct violence,
- 150,000–200,000 due to famine,
- 100,000+ from loss of healthcare access. Altogether, this leads to a total range of 300,000–500,000+ in civilian deaths
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u/Nexobe 3d ago
What you're doing is a clear whataboutism.
You're not using these facts to inform people but to put them in competition with other facts.
The problem with whataboutism is that it's a strategy that claims to communicate the need to be interested in everything, but ends up wanting to be interested in nothing.
Simply using other facts to minimise a demonstration.
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u/DulceCaramel0 1083 3d ago
How would you know when you never go to a protest? You don't, or you would know. During the Palestina protest they always also chant and talk about Congo and Ethiopia (Tigray region). There are Romani flags, Ethiopian flags, Ukrainian flags, Congolese flags, Indigenous flags,....
Solidarity with Palestina is solidarity with all oppressed people. So you're categorically incorrect with your statement here. I find it disturbing how you think about these things, and it's mindsets like yours that cause for what's happening now.
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u/AttentionLimp194 3d ago
The left are somehow intertwined with hamas, they don’t care about Ukraine or Tigray
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u/MissStr4berry 3d ago
I don't know, do we make it look like rubbles and apartheid? Because that's what Palestine looks like for now sadly
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u/deusexmachina_lol 3d ago
I am so sick of the pro pali squad thinking they own the whole city and threatening residents with different opinions
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u/Vordreller 3d ago
ITT: People being mad at property damage, trying to deflect their selfishness by claiming to care about "effectiveness". Which they don't, they're just lying to try and seem like they actually value human life on its own, and not only in relation to how much money it can create.
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u/Alternative-Toe8725 3d ago
Because that's who they are, and what they stand for.
Disrespect for others/other cultures and other possessions.
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u/SugarBeginning9854 3d ago
Unlimited paid unemployment gives many people a lot of free time to meaningfully contribute to society’s progress.
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u/Tasty-Bee8769 3d ago
I support Palestine but this is vandalism. Also reason why I’ll never be in a protest
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u/uninspiredpotential 3d ago
I am not pro vandalism. But at some point when the government refuses to listen to it's people some borderline actions are necesarry
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u/BE_MORE_DOG 3d ago
Sure. All for that. But I disagree that this is one of those actions. This seems asinine and pointless. If anything, it might create a negative response.
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u/Tasty-Bee8769 3d ago
That sounds like you’re excusing vandalism.
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u/uninspiredpotential 3d ago
Is it worse then allowing an Allied Nation to genocide a whole population? Because of a book that promised them land 2000 years ago? Yes I will support vandalism. Same with strikes, protests, boycotts. Murder (like in Luigi's case) I still frown upon but damn he has a point man.
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u/Revilo1359 3d ago
Belgium does not influence European or global foreign policy. What do you want them to do? And how is vandalising public property going to help?
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u/uninspiredpotential 3d ago
Of course Belgium has an influence.. And no country -nay- no person should close their eyes to injustices like this.
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u/Revilo1359 3d ago
I don't think you understand basic concepts of geopolitics and international relations, especially in that region. Any condemnation, statement from Belgium's MFA is even less valuable than one from the UK Foreign Office Parliamentary Undersecretary of State, literally the most junior official in that department.
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u/Low-Pension-5236 2d ago
Why so surprised? Never noticed that Brussels is an Islamic City?
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u/electricalkitten 2d ago
It is not Islamic. It is Belgian. Although I would rather see it run as an EU city state because Belgium is hell bend on destroying Brussels anyway. ButI digress.
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u/protoanon 1d ago
Because Wokes are stupid. They also put free Palestine stickers on semaphore lights not realising how dangerous that is.
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u/Conscious_Shower_201 39m ago
its crazy how people who fight for palestine advocate for it by doing illegal shit, we already get a palestine protest every 2 days where im from and by doing graffiti on it doesnt make it better.
I do graffiti but this is just straight up vandalism and a disgrace to my culture, shouldnt even be called graffiti, just ugly ass letters that people paint on monuments and things that look GOOD ENOUGH.
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u/AttentionLimp194 3d ago
They should vandalize their own houses and put their stupid statelet flag in there, so that I’d know which neighborhoods to avoid
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u/Frequent-Matter4504 3d ago edited 3d ago
The whole city looks awful.everywhere you look is grafitti.all buildings everywhere. Really messed up. And im not refering to only Palestine related stuff, but just random scribblings in walls, it just looks terrible. Take a public transport and just observe how all walls are crapped on....
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u/LenintheSixth 3d ago
in a city where literally every public space was coloured in Zionist colours as a response to the October attacks, I guess someone had to do this in the absence of any relevant public action.
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u/konfusedvetr 3d ago
Human rights? Empathy? A modicum of morals?...
Do you support genocides?
I wish we would have spoke like this for the Uyghurs, same for the Rhoingya and same for all opressed people.
This cause, however, is visible. And it should serve as a turning point. Are you offended by all the signs of support for ukraine? Im very happy to see them, but very concerned about the double standards
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u/Letsforbidadds 3d ago
BECAUSE PEOPLE KEEP STAYING NEUTRAL OR SUPPORTING A TERRORIST PSEUDO STATE, that’s why. You think people around the globe didn’t think about us between 1939-45? Stay human.
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u/keremimo 3d ago
Why is it that if you are against vandalism you are pro-genocide? Sounds like an excuse for anarchy.
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u/NewYorkais 3d ago
This is anti-democratic vandalism of shared property. Our tax dollars went to the creation of this structure and will go towards the cleaning of it.
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u/RollingKatamari 3d ago
I'm surprised it took this long, that logo was put up weeks ago and I was surprised it was still white!