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Israel's Backers Are Now Advocating The Assassination Of Greta Thunberg (www.caitlinjohnst.one)

submitted 2 months ago by geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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US Senator Lindsay Graham has just tweeted an article titled “Greta Thunberg sets sail with Gaza flotilla that aims to break Israeli naval blockade,” adding the comment, “Hope Greta and her friends can swim!”

Australian Zionist think tanker Arsen Ostrovsky somehow outdid Graham, tweeting “Oh look, the little jihadi Greta Thunberg is trying to get into Gaza, to show solidarity with Hamas. It would be so sad if something were to happen to her flotilla…”

There’s not a lot that can shock me about Israel and its supporters these days. But if you’d traveled back in time a few years ago it would be hard to explain to someone how we got to a timeline that includes Israel supporters openly advocating the assassination of Greta Thunberg.

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[–] puddinghelmet@feddit.nl 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Guys, we know what to do, we have a name and internet: Arsen Ostrovsky, Lindsay Graham... OSINT and speak out

[–] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 months ago

It is their right to play. They like to play with discourse using ridiculous reasons to discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in bad faith as it is their goal to intimidate and disconcert.

...Or something along those lines.

[–] Angry_Autist@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (10 children)

It's pretty funny that everyone's response to this is apathy and meming. We're so cooked

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[–] M137@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I gotta say I've gotten scared a few times these past couple of days with so many posts about Greta reaching the front page. Hearing about the boat that she decided to not be on getting attacked, her going there with another boat and them threatening her. And then opening Lemmy and seeing several different posts with her face as the thumbnail just thinking "please, no, don't be bad news" and then being relieved she's not dead, been taken hostage, or anything else bad. We need her.

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[–] OmegaLemmy@discuss.online 8 points 2 months ago

I was asked why I got radicalised. This would've been another event to radicalise me if I wasn't already

[–] pixelkitty@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Pretty on-brand for a bunch of fucking fascists

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