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mech@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

I’m not saying stop protesting Israel. I’m saying don’t use the slogan that’s used by Antisemites, if you don’t want to be confused with them.
What’s wrong with shouting “Free Palestine, End The Occupation” instead?

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qevlarr@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Because our opponents will always be nibbling at what we can’t and cannot say and we should resist and reject their bad-faith criticism. Our opponents are trying to paint us as antisemites. Your honest attempt at distancing ourselves from antisemitic groups has exactly the opposite effect: It legitimizes their criticism where it was never in good faith to begin with

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- mech@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  I’m honestly just confused why people who aren’t antisemites would insist on using the first part, alone.
  And omit the second part “Palestine must be free”, thereby creating the ambiguity of what they mean in the first place.
  
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  - qevlarr@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Why concede even that ground, though?
    
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- FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Do you believe the same for the “anti-immigration” protests too, or were you calling everyone attending them racist and/or Nazis?
  
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