Comment on Meta to pull posts targeting 'Zionists' for harm

• Fitik@fedia.io ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Maybe not always, but it usually is, including by Neo-Nazis and antisemites in general

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zionist_Occupation_Government_conspiracy_theory

  Slur "Zio" for example was coined by the Neo-Nazi David Duke to refer to Jews

  https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/2017-07-18/ty-article/.premium/how-chicagos-dyke-march-adopted-an-anti-semitic-slur-dear-to-far-righists/0000017f-e308-d804-ad7f-f3facfd10000

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zio_(pejorative)

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  • jeffw@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I love how people downvote instead of reading.

    This just in: you can critisize Israel and zionism and still accept that other people have misused the word “zionism” to hide their antisemitism

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    • Fitik@fedia.io ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It's common for all kinds of bigots to use dog-whistles to avoid being banned

      For example this post that got 30k likes says that "Zionists" killed Jesus

      https://x.com/DrLoupis/status/1785180262181089415?t=50rtTnpLEu0FX3-HEXDWrA&s=19

      I think you can understand in what meaning it's often used

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      • Cleverdawny@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        The word substitution is as blunt and obvious as a baseball bat to a Nazi’s face

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  • small44@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Zionizm comes from Zion and not zio. Neo nazis didn’t invent the word

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    • Fitik@fedia.io ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      @small44 I never said they did? Just like Neo-Nazis haven't invented the number 1488

      Do you know the definition of the "dog-whistle"?

      @lemmee_in @Cleverdawny @oakey66

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      • Cleverdawny@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Right

        Zionist is generally a dog whistle

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• Cleverdawny@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yes, it is

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  • Deceptichum@quokk.au ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    No it’s not. I’d take a good look at who you associate with if that’s it’s common meaning for you.

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    • jj4211@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It’s not a matter of whether it’s a common meaning of their associates. The problem is that it’s a common meaning used by anti semitic groups.

      Of course the problem cuts both ways, hateful anti semitic folks hiding behind criticism of Zionists, and Neyanyahu supporters dismissing any and all criticism as broadly anti semitic.

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      • Maeve@kbin.earth ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        and Neyanyahu supporters dismissing any and all criticism as broadly anti semitic.

        ITT

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    • Maeve@kbin.earth ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      They're just trying to make it illegal to point out genocidal fascists.

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