Sorry but wtf is this language of a US "takeover" of Gaza. I've never heard "Takeover" used to mean invasion, colonisation, occupation imperialism or otherwise. It's euphemism normalised in the service of genocide. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f... - ThreadSky

marcowenjones.bsky.social • 23 days ago

Sorry but wtf is this language of a US "takeover" of Gaza. I've never heard "Takeover" used to mean invasion, colonisation, occupation imperialism or otherwise. It's euphemism normalised in the service of genocide. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/05/uk-disagrees-with-donald-trump-proposals-for-us-takeover-of-gaza-david-lammy?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

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foodicide.bsky.social•23 days ago

We went from supporting a genocide to “hold my beer, here’s how you genocide.”

marcowenjones.bsky.social•23 days ago

Call that a genocide. THIS, is a genocide

johnmacpherson.bsky.social•23 days ago

"Sometimes you have to choose cides" is something I never imagined I'd see. Again.

the0point.bsky.social•22 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/murshedz.bsky.social/post/3lhi6tjxzbk2d

the0point.bsky.social•23 days ago

It's was all unfounded clap trap if you watched what he said. Ended with basic question from Kaitlin Collins that unraveled him.

cheekyburger.bsky.social•23 days ago

Perhaps Special Military Operation will be the phrase Trump uses

stevepeers.bsky.social•23 days ago

It's a *corporate* term

stane.bsky.social•23 days ago

'Disagree' - not 'condemn'? not think 'are you out of your mind?'

bartiddu.bsky.social•23 days ago

Lammy is an ethics free zone who is now appearing ridiculous, as well as a politician without any scruples

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/trump-inauguration-lammy-war-b2682704.html

knows.cloud•23 days ago

Might be a German language thing but I actually understood it to mean just that and it wasn’t like a euphemism to me.

oddballwoofwoof.bsky.social•23 days ago

It's a term that wasn't used by Lammy, despite the headline making it he used it. There's nothing in the actual quote that uses it. It either came from the journo who asked the question or is one that the Guardian decided to use when writing up the story because it's the term that Trump used.

marcowenjones.bsky.social•23 days ago

I wasnt saying it was Lammy. It's the term itself by whomever decided to use it. Not sure the media echoing Trump's euphemism is helpful

skzcartoons.bsky.social•23 days ago

Huh. If you've never heard of the British taking over Hong Kong or Gibraltar then I'm stunned. It's been a euphemism for colonization for a few hundred years. Don't get outraged at the terminology. Get outraged at the meaning.

drnomyn.bsky.social•23 days ago

Those bastards invented the whole polite approach to invasion. "Troubles" anyone?

atlantacathy2.bsky.social•23 days ago

I lived in Israel for years and Jared Kushner has been working on the brand new Gaza waterfront since 2018. I’m not surprised not one bit.

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