Kids on Roblox are hosting protests for Palestine

In the Lego-like world of Roblox, about a hundred blocky avatars march through a lamplit street, wielding Palestine flags that are larger than their own animated bodies. Characters dressed like cartoonish dinosaurs, steampunk zombies and pastel pink pop stars chant together via instant messages in both Malay and English as they arrive at a stage, where leaders of the Roblox server stand together to dictate when the next march around the pixelated streets will begin.

alyaza,
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unfortunately most of this thread is off the rails and just not salvageable whatsoever in terms of discussion, so this is going to be a lock and remove. maybe we can try this thread again down the road but for now, no.

ezchili,

Fuck, I will never be this cool

dumdum666,

As Long as there are no Hamas flags shown, the massacre on 7th October is not cheered for and they are not calling for the destruction of Israel: let them show their support for Palestinians

aniki,

As long as they protest in a way that is acceptable to me.

Magnus,

As long as they aren’t flying terrorist flags it’s acceptable to me

aniki,

Terrorist or freedom fighter. It’s a long read but if you use a finger and sound out the big words you might learn a thing or two about how the world isn’t so fucking black and white.

nonailsleft,

I’m sure these kids on Roblox are taking every nuance into account

aniki,

I’m sure you definitely can rationalize for every single human on earth, you champion you. What a burden to carry.

SpaceXplorer_8042,
@SpaceXplorer_8042@lemmy.zip avatar

I thought reddit was toxic.

PerogiBoi,
@PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca avatar

If you read their profile they’re a troll account. Some loser in real life

aniki,

You’re free to crawl back to whatever echo chamber you’re comfortable with.

aniki,

Just so everyone knows, dumdum666 is an absolute crank going off on the onion.

PerogiBoi, (edited )
@PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca avatar

Sorry, it looks like you are heavily implying that the Hamas terrorist attacked that killed over 1400 Israelis in their own homes and at festivals is acceptable and it’s only a matter of perception?

Your opinion allows for absolutely zero nuance. Someone capable of empathy would see that the intentional murder of innocent civilians on EITHER SIDE of this conflict is a tragedy and morally wrong. I’m sorry that is all lost on you.

echodot,

Apparently it is because if you say it bad you lose your job which is insane. Land of the free my backside

PerogiBoi,
@PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca avatar

If one of my employees cheered on an attack on civilians with huge casualties they would be gone as well. From either side. What the fuck is wrong with you people?

Y’all want the freedom to cheer on and encourage civilian deaths but don’t want anyone else free to call you out for it.

echodot,

No we’re just criticising the fact that one side is apparently angels even though they’re murdering civilians and the other side are terrible even though they’re doing the same murdering of civilians.

irmoz, (edited )

That’s a lot of hoops to jump through for your specific approval. I’m sure they’ll work hard to impress you.

Fizz,
@Fizz@lemmy.nz avatar

I guess it shows how aware kids are these days and how intune with world news they are. As adults on the internet it’s normal for us to read and participate in discussions for these topics but I can’t imagine learning about this as a child.

The activism I see in the younger generations is one of the few drivers that gives me hope we will move towards a better future.

nonailsleft,

I see this kind of internet activism by children who are way too young to understand such a complex conflict as a sign for the worse… Rest assured they’re just being told what to think about it by their parents at that age

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