Comment on British Airways pulls Louis Theroux podcast sponsorship after Bob Vylan interview
knowone@slrpnk.net 10 hours agoComment on British Airways pulls Louis Theroux podcast sponsorship after Bob Vylan interview
knowone@slrpnk.net 10 hours ago
Samskara@sh.itjust.works 10 hours ago
„Death to Israel“ and „Death to America“ is also popular in the Middle East.
How about in the UK or Anglosphere?
knowone@slrpnk.net 9 hours ago
Ahh so you did know some other chants. Yes it’s no secret there’s animosity between some Middle Easterners and the US and Israel. What’s your point with all this?
Samskara@sh.itjust.works 9 hours ago
Yes, those originate from Arab, Persian, and Hebrew speaking extremists.
The point is, Bob Vylan escalated the rhetoric in the English language surrounding Israel to a new level, not heard for other topics.
Calling for death is the opposite of calling for peace. It’s a call for more violence and war.
colforge@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
It’s also exactly what the leaders in Israel are doing and have done against the people of Palestine but I don’t see you going off about that. Guess supporting Islamophobia and genocide are more acceptable to you than calling for the end of one.
floofloof@lemmy.ca 7 hours ago
It doesn’t have to be extreme. It can be a call to end the genocidal apartheid oppression that has been Israel. But as I understand it he called for “death to the IDF”, and clarified it as a call for an end to the murderous gang of was criminals that is perpetrating Israel’s genocide. There’s nothing extreme about this. It’s about protecting people from the most extreme brutality.
QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works 7 hours ago
It isn’t an extremist position to oppose the seizure of your grandfather’s home due the racist revanchism of an ethno-religious group.
Auntievenim@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
Yeah, war on fascists and genocidal freaks. Die with them if you want.