Comment on Susan Sarandon dropped from talent agency after pro-Palestine remarks

thedevisinthedetails@programming.dev ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Honest question for someone out of the loop, and I really hope I don’t say anything offensive. Is it antisemitic to claim the Israel Military/Government is committing genocide? Is it the infered intent of the speaker that makes the distinction if the statement is antisemitic or not?

  Last month, Maha Dakhil, the co-head of film at Hollywood powerhouse agency CAA, faced internal backlash and resigned from the agency’s board after she reposted an image on Instagram that read, in part: “You’re currently learning who supports genocide.”

  Dakhil added the caption: “That’s the line for me.” She then posted a second image that read: “What’s more heartbreaking than witnessing genocide? Witnessing the denial that genocide is happening.”

  I really wish the article explained why these statements are antisemitic. Nothing here seems hostile to Jewish people as a whole, and I interpreted it as a condemnation of the government, but maybe I’m naive. To me it seems like having any opinion opposed to the Israeli Military/Government is considered antisemitic, and they are immune to criticism.

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  • Mrkawfee@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    No it isn’t but the Israel lobby is fighting a furious campaign to shut down criticism and calling people anti semites and getting them cancelled or fired is their primary weapon to silence people through fear.

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  • idiocracy@lemmy.zip ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    She justified antisemitism:

    “There are a lot of people afraid of being Jewish at this time, and are getting a taste of what it feels like to be a Muslim in this country.”

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    • Eldritch@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      She made a comparison, not a justification.

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    • bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I understand what Susan Sarandon said was wrong, I’m referring to the rest of the article where other people were accused of antisemitism for saying the Israeli Government is committing genocide.

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• kaffiene@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Saying that you oppose Genocide is not antisemitic

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  • WaxedWookie@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Saying that opposition to genocide is antisemitic is to say genocide is inherent to Judaism - that’s some Hitler-tier antisemitism that makes a (moronic) case for exterminating the genocidal Jewish race.

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