Zionizm comes from Zion and not zio. Neo nazis didn’t invent the word
Comment on Meta to pull posts targeting 'Zionists' for harm
Fitik@fedia.io 4 months agoMaybe 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
small44@lemmy.world 4 months ago
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"?
Cleverdawny@lemm.ee 4 months ago
Right
Zionist is generally a dog whistle
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
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
Cleverdawny@lemm.ee 4 months ago
The word substitution is as blunt and obvious as a baseball bat to a Nazi’s face