And the phrase “bless you” was created with the intent to banish demons out of your nose, but we still say it.
“From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free”, is what they chant. Calling that genocidal is Orwellian mate. Get a grip.
The phrase was created with the explicit intent to destroy Israel. We can equivocate about the intent to destroy Israel as being genocidal, but as I explain, Palestinian activists consider it genocidal intent when Israeli politicians talk of destroying Palestine, so I use their own standard. It may be that people who use this phrase do not intend destruction of Israel, but they are using a phrase which was created explicitly to call for the destruction of Israel. I don’t accept that there is any good faith way to claim the term has been “reclaimed.” If I say “heil Hitler,” and follow it up with “but no genocide or any of the bad stuff Hitler did,” it doesn’t erase the first part of my sentence. In fact, the second part is antithetical to the first.
crapwittyname@feddit.uk 5 days ago
JasSmith@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
And the phrase “bless you” was created with the intent to banish demons out of your nose, but we still say it when you sneeze.
Bad example. The intent was good and it remains good.
“From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free”, is what they chant. Calling that genocidal is Orwellian, mate. Get a grip.
Many do not. Many drop the second part entirely. For example, the t-shirt on the girl in this very video that we are discussing. Either way, adding a nice phrase to the end of a genocidal phrase doesn’t make the genocide part less bad.
toad@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
Accusation reversal. “The genocidees would be genociders if the role were reversed” aka “they deserved it”.
How does it feel being a genocide apologist?
JasSmith@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
I don’t know. How does it feel to be a genocide apologist?
crapwittyname@feddit.uk 3 days ago
It’s not a bad example, and I credit you with the intelligence to understand the principle the example is driving at, which you are choosing to ignore, that is: meanings change.
Do you really believe that girl made that t-shirt with genocidal intent? Do you think she wants Israelis wiped out?
toad@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
Yea Israel is genociding the palestinians, not the other way around. Quit being a negationist