449
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] ChocoboRocket@lemmy.world 74 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

This will blow back way harder on Israel than America.

Ignoring all politics, logistically this war is a rounding error in the Pentagon's budget. America can and often does absolutely anything it wants to anyone at any point in time - and the only thing stopping it is how it feels about a subject at any given moment.

Israel is tiny and surrounded by enemies who they are pissing off.

For the record I am entirely opposed to Israel committing genocide and America funding it.

[-] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 43 points 3 weeks ago

and America funding it.

And absolutely gaslighting anyone who calls anyone out for it.

I'm really sick of the whole "criticism of Israel is antisemitism" rhetoric. NO IT ISN'T. And pushing this rhetoric harder isn't going to make me support them either. If anything, I'm going to see it as an increasing threat to my First Amendment right to free speech.

My criticism of the Chinese government is not hateful towards the Chinese Americans in my community. It's also not hateful towards the Chinese people living in China or anywhere else in the world. It's a criticism of the leadership, which is fair game. Ditto for criticism of Iran, Russia, or any other nation I can think of.

But criticize the Israeli government and suddenly it's a problem. There's less pushback for criticizing the U.S. government!

[-] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I'm really sick of the whole "criticism of Israel is antisemitism" rhetoric.

It's just playing dirty. Israel, much like modern conservative politicians, doesn't care about how it achieves its goals. World War II has much of the western world hypersensitive to antisemitism, so conflating criticism of the Israeli government with antisemitism has been an easy way to stifle discourse.

[-] antiyank@lemmy.cafe 3 points 3 weeks ago

Oh no you are a trump supporter /s

[-] IcePee@lemmy.beru.co -4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Criticising Israel can be antisemitic. Just check out the IHRA definition of antisemitism . Basically you can't say that:

  • Israel is a racist endeavour
  • Comparing Israeli policy to that of the Nazis.
  • Say that they use murder (especially of Christians) for ritual purposes.
load more comments (8 replies)
this post was submitted on 24 Oct 2024
449 points (96.1% liked)

World News

39023 readers
2359 users here now

A community for discussing events around the World

Rules:

Similarly, if you see posts along these lines, do not engage. Report them, block them, and live a happier life than they do. We see too many slapfights that boil down to "Mom! He's bugging me!" and "I'm not touching you!" Going forward, slapfights will result in removed comments and temp bans to cool off.

We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.

All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.


Lemmy World Partners

News !news@lemmy.world

Politics !politics@lemmy.world

World Politics !globalpolitics@lemmy.world


Recommendations

For Firefox users, there is media bias / propaganda / fact check plugin.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/media-bias-fact-check/

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS