Evilphd666 [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 months ago‘We’ll die before enlisting’: Ultra-Orthodox Israelis storm army basethecradle.coexternal-linkmessage-square81fedilinkarrow-up1211arrow-down12
arrow-up1209arrow-down1external-link‘We’ll die before enlisting’: Ultra-Orthodox Israelis storm army basethecradle.coEvilphd666 [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square81fedilink
minus-squareAdkml [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up39·edit-22 months ago“Not because we’re opposed to the war, we just think other people should die for our beliefs, not us.”
minus-squareRyanGosling [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·2 months agoThey are opposed to the war though. They’re notorious for opposing the entire state of israel
minus-squareEelBolshevikism [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoI’m a little confused, how would that mindset make sense if they’re saying they would rather die than enlist?
minus-squareJustice@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 months agoBecause the “rather die” is an exaggeration people use to mean they really really do not want to do something Example: “I’d rather die than eat British food.” It could be meant literally and in earnest, but I doubt it
minus-squareEelBolshevikism [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·edit-22 months agoin the article they’re apparently using “we will die and not enlist” as a protest chant which feels far more specific than that
“Not because we’re opposed to the war, we just think other people should die for our beliefs, not us.”
They are opposed to the war though. They’re notorious for opposing the entire state of israel
I’m a little confused, how would that mindset make sense if they’re saying they would rather die than enlist?
Because the “rather die” is an exaggeration people use to mean they really really do not want to do something
Example: “I’d rather die than eat British food.”
It could be meant literally and in earnest, but I doubt it
in the article they’re apparently using “we will die and not enlist” as a protest chant which feels far more specific than that