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fc417fc802today at 12:23 PM2 repliesview on HN

This is a bizarre take. Despite propaganda to the contrary most "pro-palestine" takes are actually just anti-genocide and pro-human-rights. Similarly at least in the US this "iranian camp" you refer to is by and large an anti-getting-involved camp. Is it really pro-iranian to ask why the government is burning billions of dollars to destabilize the global economy?

Also I've yet to meet a single person who was "pro-palestine" and simultaneously sympathetic to russia. Quite the opposite.


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pjc50today at 12:34 PM

Most, yes, but there is a noisy lunatic fringe on social media whose existence we must acknowledge. Recent example is Eleanora Folan, a minor politician in a minor UK party.

Of course as you say there's also people trying to lump the many "we should stop mass murder of civilians" people into the same bucket as the negatively polarized "we hate Israel therefore we're going to support Iran" few. Discourse is exhaustingly stupid.

dismalaftoday at 1:34 PM

You need to pay attention then.

https://kyivindependent.com/pro-palestinian-activists-destro...

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy7x68jrdmlo

https://time.com/6589923/nancy-pelosi-pro-palestinian-protes...

https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/russias-...

And this isn't counting the countless TikTok influencers, trade unions, etc... that are all anti-"war" and have pro-IRGC and pro-China views.

And while you're kind of right that few are outright carrying water for Russia, at least publicly, they all conveniently support what Russia supports.