Comment on Saying "Fuck Israel" is apparently a call to violence

DigitalTraveler42@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• CaptainSpaceman@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Ive made similar arguments when people have said “fuck America” or whatever.

  But in the end, the generalism is meant to be applied to the respectve govt, not to the entire population.

  In the end, OP is right for being mad about their posts being removed.

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• SuperIce@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Israel is the state, Israelis are the people. Saying “fuck Israel” is blaming the state, not the people.

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• TheSambassador@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Just out of curiosity, would you feel the same way when people say “fuck Russia”, or would you understand that they’re saying “fuck the Russian government/Putin” and not “all Russians are monsters”?

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  • DigitalTraveler42@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I do feel the same way about “fuck Russia”, the problem is Putin, his allies, and his supporters, I’m not sure if this is just an attempt to whataboutism me, but it’s important to remember to be objective about these things, especially when prior to 2014 things seemed to he going pretty well between the US and Ruzzia.

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