im gonna say this here too bc i see a lot of people posting from a place of nihilism and despair: seeking out and mainlining videos of the torture and mass death of palestinians is neither necessary nor conducive to activism against genocide this practice causes real psychological harm

it does not help anyone. it is not "bearing witness" to watch 100 videos of people dying it amounts to torture porn inuring you from advocacy, aid work and your own emotions

In contrast, in case you haven't seen it, "By Bisan Owda: Diary of a Palestinian Dreamer" cuts deep. IDK what to say other than I cry... and I smile and get angry....

Thank you. I just can't. Knowing is enough.

It is not necessary to consume this content, but obviously it must be publicly available, in the same way that information about Auschwitz is publicly available.

The number of people I've seen who have said something to the effect of "If you're not watching the violence, if you're not looking at pictures of dead bodies and paying attention to the traumatic videos every day, you're as bad as the bad guy" is astounding. Take action. Donate. Protest. 1/2

I had to tell my partner that around December and it's important to remember.

It’s emotional self flogging

When Zionists push the "we are victims of antisemitism" narrative, do you warn them about how overdosing on the victim narrative harms them?

This stuff is honestly just the logical end result of doomscrolling culture. I saw way too many things I can never unsee before I finally learned to just stay away from certain posts on the internet. I don't beed to see the horrible thing for myself, thanks, I'll take your word for it

For work this week I've had to do a lot of research and writing on Darfur and it's absolutely wrecked me. I do not understand the impulse to binge watch videos of mass killing.