Either You Accept This False Dichotomy Or You’re Literally Hitler

by Esjayda Bilyoo, pro-Palestinian activist

Berkeley, February 26 – It comes down to this: you’re either with us or or you’re against us. You don’t get to ignore the need to protect Palestinian rights; the only question with any relevance asks whether you actively work to further those rights, or you remain content to see them violated daily, in which case you might as well don an Israeli Occupation Forces uniform and shoot the children of Gaza yourself. No two ways about it. No questioning its premise. Either you accept this dichotomy or you’re literally Hitler.

You can’t just stand on the sidelines. This arena has no sidelines. Every matter of importance in our lives stems from the constant injustice to which the Palestinians find themselves subjected every day, every hour. Your other pursuits can wait, if you even need them. Consider whether the thought you devote to choosing a breakfast cereal deserves the time and weight you give it – and whether by indulging in such luxuries while Palestinians face genocide, you demonstrate your sympathies with the oppressor. Always side with the victim, or you side with the oppressor by default. If you attempt to define “victim” differently from my formulation, mind you, you’re worse than Hitler.

I see you rolling your eyes! That’s oppressor-normative behavior right there. It shows you don’t take Palestinian concerns seriously – that you deny them the dignity of basic humanity. Your arguments using Eurocentric, white-supremacist-adjacent concepts such as “logic” and talk of “fallacies” such as the “slippery slope” only further illustrate the extent to which you adhere to systems of systemic oppression of people of color. Everyone knows exactly what uniform you’d wear in 1930’s Berlin.

Walking away without agreeing with me, without dedicating yourself to adopting my cause and embracing solidarity with the oppressed, proves where your loyalties lie, you Nazi. You might as well put on jackboots, sew a swastika on your sleeve, and goose step along to your appointments with other little Eichmanns. Nothing on your schedule could be more important than solidarity with Palestine. Your refusal to drop everything in your life and rearrange your values to accord with mine cements your status as nothing but another fascist. Enjoy your inevitable war crimes trial, unless you wind up poisoning and shooting yourself first, like your hero!

Ugh. So few considerate people are willing to listen to my cogent arguments. Hitlers, the lot of them.

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