https://theguardian.com/us-news/2023/nov/26/palestinian-students-shot-wounded-vermont
created by sleepy_time_Ty on 26/11/2023 at 18:06 UTC
13508 upvotes, 62 top-level comments (showing 25)
Comment by [deleted] at 26/11/2023 at 18:16 UTC*
3276 upvotes, 21 direct replies
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Comment by DickRogersOfficial at 26/11/2023 at 19:13 UTC
265 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Lmao what a fucked statement to say. No one should die because of another countries politics regardless of where it is. Usa included, Middle east included
Comment by sunnyreddit99 at 26/11/2023 at 20:13 UTC
382 upvotes, 2 direct replies
This is terrible and the rising violence must be stopped
Comment by welpshitfuck at 26/11/2023 at 20:15 UTC
309 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Sounds like a hate crime
Comment by angryitguyonreddit at 26/11/2023 at 20:55 UTC
1151 upvotes, 8 direct replies
Im an arab living in tampa FL. Yesterday while i was pumping gas with my family in the car i had some random person come up to me and start questioning where i was born. I thought it was odd and just said Boston and she answered "ok, just wanted to make sure youre an american" and walked off i didnt realize what she was doing till after she said that. So i quickly got in my car and left cause my family was with me and i called the cops. Idk what would of had done if i said Lebanon. This racism against arabs is really bad right now and needs to be talked about more. This isnt the first hate shooting/killing of arabs in america and im sure its not gonna be the last. Ive dealt with this racism for 30 years and no one even acknoledges it.
Comment by FortyDubz at 26/11/2023 at 20:21 UTC
245 upvotes, 3 direct replies
I wish people would realize a person being good or bad isn't determined by their skin color, their current socioeconomic status, their religion, their political party, etc. But it is in their heart and what they say and do behind closed doors when they think no one will see. It is so primitive to judge someone on their looks etc.
Comment by jormun8andr at 26/11/2023 at 21:24 UTC
10 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Not the reason I wanted to see my home state in the news today. Hope those kids make a full recovery.
Comment by Persianx6 at 26/11/2023 at 18:48 UTC
294 upvotes, 6 direct replies
I don’t stand for this, please stop shooting Jews and Palestinians. No one in America should die over Middle East politics.
Comment by wolf8808 at 26/11/2023 at 21:30 UTC
55 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I'm originally from the south of Lebanon, the kefiyyeh (we say koufiya in our dialect) is what farmers wear and a cultural symbol. It is not a "uniform". I've always worn one but only recently I started getting strange looks. I lived in Europe all my adult life and things have genuinely been crazy these last few years.
Comment by I_lie_on_reddit_alot at 26/11/2023 at 18:10 UTC
1105 upvotes, 4 direct replies
This was the terrorist attacks fbi was warning about, right?
Comment by Witty_Management2960 at 26/11/2023 at 22:06 UTC
21 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Islamophobia has financial benefactors. It's sad to see hate spreading across the world, knowing there are groups that will have direct benefits from It's presence.
Comment by [deleted] at 26/11/2023 at 18:37 UTC*
1363 upvotes, 13 direct replies
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Comment by keving691 at 26/11/2023 at 18:37 UTC
245 upvotes, 3 direct replies
Jesus. Hopefully they are ok. Palestinians in Vermont have nothing to do with this conflict.
Comment by Ok_Caterpillar_7715 at 26/11/2023 at 20:43 UTC
163 upvotes, 2 direct replies
This is what happens when you use dehumanizing language on Palestinians. When they are constantly called “evil”, “human animals,” “children of darkness,” “Amalek,” eventually they’ll be seen as subhuman or even savages.
It’s important to remember that most Palestinians have nothing to do with what happened on October the 7th. They are innocent and don’t deserve this. Don’t let the dehumanizing language disconnect you from the suffering of others.
Comment by [deleted] at 26/11/2023 at 19:04 UTC
259 upvotes, 8 direct replies
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Comment by [deleted] at 26/11/2023 at 18:20 UTC*
224 upvotes, 3 direct replies
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Comment by makarov_skolsvi at 26/11/2023 at 18:58 UTC*
52 upvotes, 2 direct replies
One of the victims is a friend of mine from college. He’s a nice guy and we would share a smoke once in a while. It’s terrible what happened to him. Unfortunately, a lot of news outlets are sharing photos of him and identifying him without anyone’s consent.
Comment by Adoring_wombat at 26/11/2023 at 19:46 UTC*
41 upvotes, 1 direct replies
I’ve been to Burlington three times in five days. We were there yesterday until about 5 pm.
My kids are half Indian. I’m scared to death for them, especially my son.
You trolls can go to hell. You can’t possibly understand how hard it can be for a Black or brown person, especially a young man, to exist in this society.
Comment by os_kaiserwilhelm at 26/11/2023 at 18:38 UTC
60 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Life in prison for the shooter please.
Comment by zvezd0pad at 26/11/2023 at 19:32 UTC
49 upvotes, 2 direct replies
I hope Palestinian and Muslim organizations in the US get the ear of network news, between this, the Palestinian boy killed in Detroit, and the Palestinian guy hit by a car in Cleveland. It’s a pattern of extreme violence.
Comment by Mean-Kaleidoscope97 at 26/11/2023 at 19:02 UTC
126 upvotes, 4 direct replies
I feel like our leaders aren't speaking up enough about the rise in Islamophobia.
Comment by Sk-yline1 at 26/11/2023 at 18:18 UTC
306 upvotes, 5 direct replies
No one, neither Jewish nor Palestinian nor other, deserves to be shot and wounded for protest
Comment by BradBrady at 26/11/2023 at 18:25 UTC
324 upvotes, 11 direct replies
This is so fucked. What is America doing about these fucking terrorists who are brainwashed by Fox News? The keffiyeh represents our culture. If that scares you then you’re a fuck head. God this is pissing me off. This country is going down the drain. Lots of ignorant idiots who want to shoot someone that’s different from them
Comment by [deleted] at 26/11/2023 at 19:06 UTC
10 upvotes, 1 direct replies
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Comment by CrushCrawfissh at 26/11/2023 at 18:40 UTC
29 upvotes, 2 direct replies
It really goes to show how stupid humans are that people pick sides like this is a sports event.
Anyone killing innocents sucks. Period. Both sides are wrong. Anyone hurting innocent people is the bad guy.
The attacker here isn't worth the air they breathe.