“A mature, well thought out, and well written statement. We need more of this in our society.”

I will say this reflects my take, generally, on the horrific war crimes and how awful Bibi is and how Trump is encouraging it to get far worse, toward full genocide, looking at it as a real estate win.

I don’t even really know the pressure he was under, or why, to make this statement. I don’t know why we necessarily look to celebs to make such statements, as they’re just people like you and me and aren’t wiser or better. That said, they have a platform, and I appreciate when they use it for dialogue, for education, for caring. Even if they, like us, aren’t perfect.

Above and below, some comments on this:

“It’s really nice seeing a celebrity express that this is an issue that cannot be summed up in a few words. It’s complex and just picking sides like its a game isn’t going to get far. Thom expresses that idea here really well.”

“Indeed:

If you cannot have sympathy for Palestinians in the West Bank who have seen creeping Settler invasion, and Israeli army rule, then you are not human. If you cannot look at the humanitarian disaster in Gaza and thousands of innocents who have died, and not had your heart bleed, then you are not human.

And if you cannot have sympathy of the ordinary Israelis in Southern Israel who found themselves on the end of constant rocket attacks, and who – on October 6 – suffered invasion, rape and kidnapping, then you are not human.

The problem is that the leaders of Israel and Hamas stay in power because they are at war. And the desire for their own survival puts the survival of millions of others at risk.”

“Something I have learned is that we can never call anyone “not human”. It makes everything easier to just imagine these people with horrible views as “not human” but that ignores the fact that we are responsible for these actions. Humans have commited these crimes and still do. We are all human capable of free will and some use it in the worst of ways. It takes away responsibility from these people if we believe they are not the same as us. We cannot believe other humans are not the same as us because then it makes it okay to commit heinous crimes against them believing they are not human.”

“Especially weird that people absolutely latched onto Thom like he’s some kind of sociopolitical professor, so even here and in other subs they’re measuring and dissecting every single word he wrote in here with the care of a bomb-disposal crew.

Meanwhile, some celebrities like Pedro Pascal and David Tennant (both people that I love) can basically get away with just saying “Free Palestine” and “Trans Rights are Rights” and that’s fucking it, and everybody adores them like they just won the Nobel Peace Prize. And not even that, there’s celebrities who have not say a single shit about any shit, people just assume they’re the biggest saviours.

The bar is not even low, but it’s just wobbly and bent and weird and not everybody can limbo under it.”

“While I don’t agree with every part of this take, fair minds can disagree and it doesn’t require dehumanizing one side or another. It’s refreshing to see a healthy, normal assessment rather than unhinged extremism.”