SATISH SHARMA - not just Rotigraphy.: Born in Vietnam. Grew up in Europe. Live in Asia." And you thought that somehow explained my stance on Israel.

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You looked at my bio: "Born in Vietnam. Grew up in Europe. Live in Asia." And you thought that somehow explained my stance on Israel. In a way, you’re right. Just not the way you think. Born in Vietnam? That means I come from a land that’s buried empires. From Mongols to French colonizers to American invaders, we’ve faced foreign guns, bombs, blockades, and occupation—and outlasted them all. So yes, I recognize colonial violence when I see it. I know what it means to be told you have no right to exist unless you kneel. Grew up in Europe? That means I grew up surrounded by museums of colonial guilt and monuments to selective memory. Where governments cry over dead Jews in history books while fueling the killing of Arabs in real time. Where the same nations that lecture the world on human rights funded the napalm that torched my ancestors. I’ve learned to read through the language of "civilization," "democracy," and "self-defense." I’ve heard it all before. And so have my scars. Live in Asia? That means I live in the part of the world that’s rising—not begging. Where nations remember what it’s like to be occupied, bombed, humiliated, and where people are done being quiet about it. I refuse the idea that certain lives come prepackaged with more value than others. I don’t need Western filters to see genocide for what it is. You tried to discredit me by pointing to where I’m from. But where I’m from is exactly why I won’t stay silent. Because I come from broken bodies and burned villages. From the side of history where we dig our dead with our bare hands while the powerful call it collateral damage. From a nation that resisted occupation when the world said we should surrender. And we won. We know what it means to be bombed by those who claim they’re defending themselves. We know what it's like when civilians are called combatants, hospitals are called targets, and mass graves are called necessary. So no, Kyle. I’m not "so vested in Israel." I’m vested in truth. In memory. In survival. I'm haunted by what happens when the world watches and stays silent. I'm connected to every people who’ve been told their lives are lesser, Their deaths irrelevant, Their suffering deserved. You think pointing to my bio undermines me? It only proves the point. Because every time I see an empire justify murder with moral slogans, I remember exactly where I come from, And exactly why I speak.

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