Should people be allowed to use nazi slogans at protests? What about racist slogans?
I understand it’s dicey to draw a line somewhere, but do you really believe hate speech should be protected as political speech? It’s a slippery slope either way, the trick is to find the point of balance.
And repeating a phrase which initial intent is to call for the eradication of an entire ethnic group is, in my opinion, on the side of the line that should be considered hate speech, promoting violence, and shouldn’t be protected.
The history of the conflict is indeed relevant. And the proscription of the phrase isn’t being done “regardless of intent and context.”
(By the way, ‘proscribe’ means to condemn something; ‘prescribe’ means doctor’s orders)
I’m not following the logic of your last paragraph.
mrdown@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Holding a flag of a state committing genocide and is the one who is currently trying to exterminate Palestinians on the ground is what should be compared to nazi slogans
wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
That’s a bit of a strawman. Who’s holding an Israeli flag here?
Genocide is atrocious, whether committed by the IDF or Hamas. Hamas’s stated purpose is a complete ethnic cleansing of the land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea.
I can say “genocide is wrong” and apply that to both sides, without favoring one over the other. The fact that you can’t is part of the problem.
mrdown@lemmy.world 1 day ago
There is an genocide in Gaza not Israel. Despite hamas genocide intent they have no power to do so and like I said in my other comment. A west backed PA would be in charge of destroying hamas in exchange of the end of occupation.
You don’t want that because you are a liar. You want israel to continue colonization
wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
Just because one side is committing genocide doesn’t excuse the other side’s genocidal intent. Genocide is wrong on both sides, and saying more power should be given to one genocidal organization because it’s currently the one losing is an asinine take.
The slogan in question in this post isn’t a Palestinian Authority slogan. It’s a slogan Hamas uses to advocate for ethnic cleansing. Stop deflecting.
That’s the idea with the two-state solution favored by the UN, but having an idea and actually implementing it are two different things. It’s much more geopolitically complex than simply “the west should play kingmaker and then the PA can destroy Hamas.” Hamas is entrenched in the governance of Gaza, and they won’t hand over the reins to PA peacefully.
Strawman. “Anyone who doesn’t support hamas is a zionist.” Yawn.