

Did you interpret the comment as aimed at the children, rather than the state of Israel?
Maybe the original commenter does consider a couple of 8 year olds to be evil, I can’t speak on their behalf; but it seems far more likely they’re referring to the genocidal state currently killing 8 year olds that they represent, rather than specific individuals playing chess.






Those are responses to your comment though. Your comment frames the narrative as ‘this is about the children’, and as such, the resulting discourse is based around that, my responses included, despite my differing interpretation of the original statement.
When I mention the state they represent, I mean it in the same way an athlete represents their nation. I don’t believe said athlete is directly responsible for their countries actions, but I also agree with their expulsion from international events when they represent a state that is actively committing atrocities (like Russia with the Olympics for example). The alternative is sane washing the atrocities commited (IE: Israel participating in Eurovision).