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The reason was simply the filthy backgrounds of the organizers of such events. More than 90% of "pro-resistance" Palestinians in Jordan—and this percentage is merely based on my own experience—are people who support dictators and oppressive regimes around the world. North Korea, Iran, and Syria all have increasing fan bases comprising thousands of Palestinians. How the fuck are you supposed to be a freedom advocate when you're openly backing countries that perfectly embody a dictatorship, a theocracy, and an oligarchy respectively?
There is a cafe in Amman where Jordanian and Palestinian communists meet regularly. And by the way, I have absolutely nothing against communism. I know its virtual lifespan is relatively short, I mean...*cough* *cough* the Soviet Union *cough*...it's all fun and shit until you collapse and fall into a bottomless abyss; but as an ideology, I believe it should be completely fine to be believed in—or even religiously adopted—by others. So, anyway, I went there in 2012 and met with some people. They struck me as highly intellectual individuals...until we started talking about the Syrian regime. It turned out that the Assad family was deified by ALL of them—and "them" here refers to all the 5 people I met that night. The fact that the same family has been ruling the country for more than 45 years with utter despotism, denying political pluralism and depriving the people of their basic democratic rights, is completely meaningless to them. Mentioning the thousands of political prisoners and the horrendous torture methods taking place in solitary confinement also had no impact on those five young activists at all; they would either deny it or justify it—and the latter was outrageous to say the least. And by the way, that meeting took place prior to the emergence of ISIL, NF, or any other terrorist militias.
Furthermore, atrocities happening elsewhere in the region are often overlooked by the ilks of the aforementioned people. Take Egypt, for instance, where the military coup was and is supported by numerous "liberal" Palestinians. I have a friend on Facebook who used to publish daily posts, bashing Mohamed Morsi and everything he stood for. That friend, unsurprisingly, was so delighted when Sisi first took over simply because that imbecilic military general was not an Islamist unlike Morsi. But now, after tens of crimes committed by the Egyptian regime headed by that tyrant, that friend of mine is oblivious to what is going on in Egypt. He still posts about Palestine and the tens of crimes committed by the Israelis, though. Of course, I read those posts with unprecedented disgust.
I personally never supported Morsi; I supported the will of the people that brought Morsi via the first ever democratic elections in the history of the country. I couldn't careless about his party, and that's the point those people are missing.
So, I am afraid you and I cannot march side-to-side against one murderous entity when you are a fan of a similar—if not more murderous—one.
There is a song I like by Garbage; no, it's a good song, but the band goes by the name "Garbage." There is a part in that song I like very much and maybe it harmonizes quite well with what I am trying to say:
"We are not your kind of people
Speak a different language
We see through your lies
We are not your kind of people
Won't be cast as demons
Creatures you despise"
