Showing support for terrorism is illegal so why do people do it?

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Well we all know it's illegal, don't we?

It happens though. The flags, the signs, the slogans, the chants, what is said etc.

Kneecap was charged on supporting terrorism. I understand that the charges relate to things like waving the Hezbollah flag and shouting in support of terrorist organisations.

He has been bailed pending trial.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy4k4xnlj8qo

Israel is a terrorist state. I don't see these as terrorists. They are just highlighting the hypocrisy of Israel.

Look I'll keep saying it, they incited violence "Up Hamas, "up hezbollah" "kill a local MP"

way better ways to highlight wars/atrocities

Yes, lovely bit of oppressive language, as well as fuck Israel. Really lovely for the Jewish people to see that. What has this conflict got to do with these two bit rappers and their idiotic balaclavas? Isn't one an ex school teacher, who didn't want anyone to see him crapping! Oh yes, Hamas are the oppressed aren't they? If you're advocating for Britain staying out of conflicts, try practicing what you tediously preach. Glastonbury, I hope all your fuses blow.

But it is interesting that they don’t support Hezbollah but were prepared to wave a Hezbollah flag.
I’m pretty sure they also don’t support Israel, but they would be much more careful to not to put themselves in a position of accidentally waving an Israeli flag which might lead people to view that as support for Israel.

It just isn’t credible to say that they have positive regard for Hezbollah. On the one hand they see themselves as deep thinking, part of the Inteligentsia. But they just aren’t that bright. Their position isn’t coherent.

What has this conflict got to do with these two bit rappers and their idiotic balaclavas?

It's nothing to do with Kneecap
It's nothing to do with Greta Thurnberg
It's nothing to do with Gary Linekar
It's nothing to do with Pro Palestinian marchers
It's nothing to do with people who post on social media.

If what Israel is doing is so right and moral I fail to understand why they are so pressed by people criticising and highlighting it.

We need to bring back censoring Sinn Fein and deny them the oxygen of publicity !

They are pop music blowhards who thanks to all their critics have done the Streisand Effect and made them far more popular then they would otherwise be,

Oh my god remember Gerry couldn't speak on Irish National media 😆

Because they are hypocrites, who don't give a damn about the hundreds of thousands of murdered civilian Muslims in Syria and Yemen. I can call it murder, can't I if what's happening in Gaza is genocide? @martymcfly24

tá éireannanch mé, be careful someone might complain

I think what Israel is doing to Palestine is absolutely atrocious and disgusting and I am sympathetic to the Palestinians. However I’m Irish and I find kneecap really annoying and not funny. I also think saying things like “up hamas “ is very foolish and doesn’t help the cause of the Palestinian people.

Exactly

It was absurd and comical at the same time. It was Maggies idea to dent terrorists the oxygen of publicity - she would ahve been horrified by social media and the current climate of almost anything goes. She probably would have handbagged Trump as well.

Whataboutery again...
It's so bloody tiresome.

You asked the question - did I not give you the answer you wanted?

There was no question.

It was a musing about the fact that Israel cannot stand criticism of it's actions and support of Palestine.

But what would you do?

And I bet you find that a difficult question to answer, like me, as I presume (maybe wrongly) that you haven't lived in a country that has been occupied - and all that comes with that occupation.

I think that question is only possible to be truly answered if you have experienced such a situation - and even then, it's the people who did so something that can answer that question of what they would do - and why.

Wasn’t Nelson Mandela a terrorist?

Wasn't Mandela described as a terrorist by certain people

People in Gaza are oppressed by Hamas too, hence protests and subsequent death as a lesson not to.

What can they do about that when so many are supporting their immediate oppressors.

No, I can say that actually. If you can't then that is quite disturbing.

I already answered that.

Probably because much criticism is coming from ignorance. I mean, Thunberg's selfie yacht was a masterstroke in stupidity. However, as with Kneecap, both have proven that their big egos and popularity matter more than hundreds of thousands of civilians caught up in ALL wars.

To add to last post same with Iran. Women brutally opposed by their oppressors whilst people support them.

Do you know what you would do though and how far you would go if you were in such a situation?