• Yawnder@lemmy.zip
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    1 year ago

    It’s “funny” how the same people always crying about being victim of religious discrimination, genocide, the Holocaust (all true things, that’s not my point) are also the ones doing the same to people of another religion, yet don’t think they’re wrong…

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      1 year ago

      I think your comment is a great example of how wording matters. The use of “people” is vague enough to mean all jews or the Isreali government. One context makes your comment antisemitic while the other doesn’t. I’m going to give you the benefit of the doubt and only point out that the distinction is necessary because the Isreali government does not represent all jews. The government is hypocritical and you can find jews, even in Isreal, being critical of that hypocrisy.

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        1 year ago

        You’re totally right.

        In this context, my “people” would refer to “any Jewish person that approves of what’s going on

        And my “what’s going on” here doesn’t refer to the atrocities Hamas committed, and it doesn’t refer to wanting to defend themselves either. It refers to the acts of genocide going on, and the indiscriminate killing of civilians.

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      1 year ago

      I have particular contempt for oppressed peoples that go on to oppress others when given the chance.