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This silencing of views around Israel is the new McCarthyism
Susan Sarandon dropped from talent agency after pro-Palestine remarks
Submitted 11 months ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to globalnews@lemmy.zip
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/nov/21/susan-sarandon-pro-palestinian-remarks-uta-dropped
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Mrkawfee@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Asafum@feddit.nl 11 months ago
Seriously… Pro-isreal a-ok! Pro- Palestine (read: NOT FUCKING HAMAS) strait to the asylum, wrap it up boys we got another antisemitic asshat! Exile them!
idiocracy@lemmy.zip 11 months ago
“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.”
Doesn’t sounds like pro-palestinians, more like pro-antisemitism, justifying it.
jopepa@lemmy.world 11 months ago
This does not bod well for my script to introduce Thelma and Louise into the Fast and Furious franchise. (They landed it with grappling hooks and shifting gears a lot)
Jerkface@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I like to imagine they shifted the gears together, one hand on top of the other ❤️.
bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 months ago
They were
roomcar matesjopepa@lemmy.world 11 months ago
That’s what Vin Diesel said.
thedevisinthedetails@programming.dev 11 months ago
You mean antisemitic remarks. People keep confusing the two. Odd.
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.
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.
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.”
kaffiene@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Saying that you oppose Genocide is not antisemitic
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.
MarmaladeMermaid@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Well, she did say some fucked up things. But the other people mentioned in the article who were forced to resign basically just said “I’m against genocide” and were labeled as antisemites. That’s fucked up too.
JimboDHimbo@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
What did Susan say that was fucked up? I didn’t see anything terrible in the article itself
MarmaladeMermaid@lemm.ee 11 months ago
She’s being shitty to American Jews for something Israel’s government is doing and being overly indifferent to, if not supporting antisemitic violence in America.
She didn’t have to do that to make the point that American Muslims are also being treated badly and live in fear of retaliatory violence every time any Muslim commits a crime anywhere.
BluesF@feddit.uk 11 months ago
Did she? I watched the video and it just sounds like she’s expressing support for Palestine and suggesting others do the same.
negativeyoda@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Outrage tourists gonna outrage
WaxedWookie@lemmy.world 11 months ago
If being against genocide is antisemitic, genocide is an inherent trait of Judaism - if that’s the case, there’s a pretty strong argument to be made that they should be wiped out. It’s an incredibly stupid, antisemitic claim to make.
JoeHill@lemmy.world 11 months ago
The other person, not people, mentioned was Maha Dakhil. She still works at CAA. She resigned from its Board. It’s not like she’s homeless. She had to resign from a leadership position. That’s all.
Deceptichum@kbin.social 11 months ago
Oh only being demoted for opposition to genocide, yeah that’s fine she’s not homeless at least!