It’s not ethical, but legally the family of an organ donor should be allowed to ask for their loved one’s organ back when shit like this happens.

I wanted to add: hexbear is one of the most accepting spaces available online. I really like using this site, and I love the zero-tolerance policy the mods have for bigotry.

I mean that truly; I like using this site because of the community.

But during the period where people were “waiting” for Iran’s retaliation, the doomers, and especially certain users really made me and a bunch of other Western Asian users feel a certain way.

The constant stream of users outright wanting a regional war to explode, even attacking Iran for not escalating, really gave us the impression that our lives were forfeit purely due to our race. Like it’s so easy for us to get into a regional war! I mean we’ve been bombed to hell and back for over 30 years so we must be used to it right?

Certain users here completely disregarded what other Western Asian users said/ say that a regional war is a catastrophe. The Syrian war for example broke my heart, seeing people get treated like vermin because they need to find safety by white supremacists in Europe (95% of every white person in Europe btw) was horrifying. The stories of some of the refugees is burned into my brain.

A regional war would cause such a massive refugee problem for western Asia and quite frankly I don’t want to see more of my people turned into refugees. I don’t want to see the most vile and vicious savages the world has ever seen be the ones responsible for the safety of my people.

But to many users here, that never crossed their mind. That more people could die, that millions could be refugees never crossed their mind as to why Iran might not want to escalate to those user’s hearts and desires.

If you pointed this out, like I did, some people would get mad at you. Honestly I stand by one of my other comments telling another user here, that if they’re so invested in this war they can join an organization or go fight on the front themselves. In the end, chances are you live very far away from the violence and repercussions of this genocide. If you catch yourself attacking western Asian users because they’re not as mindlessly blood thirsty as you, consider touching grass.

In the end, it’s a viewpoint that needs to be repeated because we need to constantly remind people of our humanity.

It’s easy for some users to think that because we are from a region that’s been the recipient of the worst western foreign policy, we might be used to it. So what’s a regional war to us? Another 30-40 year? We are used to it! No big deal.

This is a long post, and I’m sorry if it seems out of place. Since we are talking about dehumanizing Arabs, I thought it might pertain to the post.