• Todd Bonzalez@lemm.ee
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    6 months ago

    “They” in this context clearly means “Jews”.

    Can we please stop with this shit? This is why the pro-Palestine side of this conflict keeps being branded as antisemites. Because you can’t seem to help yourself but to make arguments where “Israel” and “Jews” are interchangeable terms.

    They aren’t. Jews were victims of the Holocaust. Israel was not. If you can’t tell the difference, leave the activism to the people who can.

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      6 months ago

      “They” in this context clearly means “the government of Israel”, which is made up of Jews. It’s not “all Jews” it’s “these specific people in power who are also Jews”. You could use this same bullshit claim to say that criticizing the US government is anti-Christian. No, it’s not.

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        6 months ago

        I’m sorry, the Israeli government was a victim of genocide? When? From whom?

        EDIT: Let’s try that on for size, quoting the words I’m criticizing.

        [The Israeli government] have become the very genocidal monster that [the Israeli government] was once the victim of.

        Makes no fucking sense. Nobody has ever genocided Israelis.

        You know that though, because you said:

        which is made up of Jews.

        Then you have made the target of your hatred quite clear. It’s Jews that you hate.