Annie Lennox Speaks Out On Gaza Horror As Comments Erupt

Appallingly, Annie Lennox’s new Instagram post goes off like freight trains through a world void of sounds. The music icon put comments about her unapologetically raw emotions regarding violence in Gaza. Well, the comments section completely exploded. Right Away.
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What she said was the sky captured a little boy screaming for help on a rooftop while dismembered bodies were strewn nearby. Yeah, that crude. Sufficed to say she didn’t mince much about those power holders: those who “don’t give a damn,” where she digested daily monstrosities trying. It included hashtags such as #ceasefire and #stopkillingchildren, which, in common response, experienced jagged grief, uproar, and solidarity.

First comments arrived from @yoganini, which said, “Yes yes yes. This exactly Annie. Thank you.” That simply, yet so loaded. Next, @andreapicoestrada sent in a response as long as a novel, which labeled it “pure evil,” since corporations clearly earned profit while the world watched Gaza starve and burned. The weight of their interaction with Lennox ensued, with a big conjunction from her, “Soul crushing indeed!!!”—adding broken-heart emojis as if to punctuate her devastation.

Man, things are really wild vibing in here! @its_alasaly posted this hauntingly beautiful broken English: “I am not a number, we all had dreams and beautiful stories, never forget us, goodbye to everyone”. Flooded with prayers and stay strong lines but though, what a post? Well, @garbage just busted in caps: “I can’t fucking believe this is still going on!!!!!! wtf wtf wtf 🤬”. Their comments separately began exploring different avenues of spiritual coping and action, with one user quoting Quranic prophecy on the ongoing struggle.

But, so did some other folks. Like for instance here: @donomargodisone, tried the “they started it” argument, right there roasted with “always, bot with 0 posts” and the lying allegations. While @v_r_o_n just placed a comparison of the rulers of today’s world with Nazis, hopping into something like a 💯 emoji— sometimes emoji’s are worth thousand words.

This was supplemented by @katescottstudio showing starving youngsters celebrating amid pots of pasta under bomb threats with a comment that could skewer more with “STOP GENOCIDE.” The other one was a NATO= Nazism discussion. Next one was quoting James Baldwin with @11elmwood about any moral responsibility toward children.

Annie Lennox dotted the issue, and global responses would be: from @zainabsalbi decrying “the shame of humanity” to @mimburrows asking how it isn’t universal to condemn bombing children. It was a cocktail of despair, rage, and helplessness. And the comments keep rolling in, so it’s pretty clear this conversation’s sticking around.

Most ludicrous would be how Lennox’s words themselves became the lightning rod. Some were so therapy-like while others sounded like protest chants: Spanish cries of “No es destrucción, es asesinato” from @monicasoteris and @jjstronstad shouting with all caps “STRIKE TO FREEDOM.” But basically, all in all, the Spirit blares along: even the botching of autocorrect on @annysong63’s “i wuolf have never thought” only enhances.
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At present, then, it seems that the comment posted is over a huge digital monument for the war. With every broken heart emoji, with other screams aware from capslock, the comment section becomes an entity of its own. A cacophony of shared despair that no algorithm could ever scrub clean. And, quite frankly? It’s probably the rawest and messiest human thing on the Internet right now.