Comment on Meta deletes Al Jazeera presenter’s profile after show criticising Israel

• wahming@monyet.cc ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Antisemitism is hatred of Jews. People assuming that you’re connected with Israel is not antisemitism, you’re just diluting the word.

  Do you realise that your response is exactly what the groups are hoping for when they’re showing their ‘Jews = Israel’ propaganda? They’re defining your identity to the world, and by getting upset at the world for accepting that propaganda, you’ve allowed the organisations to drive a wedge between you and non-Jews. As a Chinese, I experience something similar with China. I can understand your feelings of annoyance. But you’ve got to understand that you’re falling for the plans of the politicians when you respond in the way you are now.

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  • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I disagree that antisemitism is hatred. Antisemitism is the othering of Jews. People who say things like Jews are all rich are being antisemitic. Because it’s a lie and a bigoted one. People who say anything about Jews as a universal truth are being antisemitic because there are no universal commonalities amongst Jews. But people don’t care about that. They don’t even care if you’re an observant Jew. I’ve had people, completely innocently, ask me why Jews are in charge of Hollywood. They don’t mean it in a hateful way. It’s still antisemitic.

    If someone asks a black person why black people are such good dancers, they aren’t being hateful, but they are being racist.

    So I may be falling for politicians, but I do not agree with your definition of antisemitism.

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    • wahming@monyet.cc ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Fair enough, I agree with you on the antisemitism point. You probably still want to take a long moment to think about the root cause of why this is happening and what they hope to gain from it.

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• gaylord_fartmaster@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Do you think it would be offensive for someone to ask a German if they support Hitler in 1943?

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  • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Do people ask Germans born in the 70s like I was that?

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    • gaylord_fartmaster@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      No, because there wasn’t a genocide happening in Germany then like there is in Palestine today. That’s why I asked in 1943.

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      • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        But you said Germans. That is part of my point. Jews are not Israelis. And you are equating Jews with being the same as a nation. This is exactly why I am forced to justify that I am not a bad person just because I’m a Jew.

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