Forced to cancel my Membership Over Chess.com's Support of Genocide

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TheChessDunce

Sadly, I have been left no choice but to cancel my chess.com membership due to Chess.com's continuing support of Israel's genocide of the Palestinian people.

This support is demonstrated by Chess.com's decision to allow the Israel flag to be proudly brandished on their site, despite banning the Russian flag and denouncing Russia for its war on Ukraine, and to not only refuse to comment on the topic, but to also suppress any discussion or protest in its forums.

Elie Wiesel (Holocaust survivor, Nobel Peace Prize laureate):

Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.

I can no longer financially contribute to any company supporting Israel's brutal extermination of the Palestinian people, and I would call on anyone reading this thread before it is deleted, to also cancel your memberships, as, unfortunately, we live in an age where money speaks louder than ethics or morals.

The entire world is complicit in what is happening to the Palestinians in their own homes, all of us! Like after WW2, future generations will wonder how on Earth we could ever have allowed this to happen.

I would like to quickly address the moderators on this site, who will undoubtedly delete this thread before it reaches anyone: You are just doing your jobs, but please go ahead and delete this thread with full awareness that you are active participants. You're not playing a big part, but you are playing a part.

Primo Levi (Auschwitz survivor):

Monsters exist, but they are too few in number to be truly dangerous. More dangerous are the common men, the functionaries ready to believe and act without asking questions.

Martin_Stahl

Other than what's in the following article, this type of discussion isn't allowed in the general forums.

https://www.chess.com/article/view/on-the-invasion-of-ukraine

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