Okay, so why are attacks targeting Jewish people the wrong time to discuss how dangerous the Israeli states actions are to the global Jewish diaspora?
The Islamic world has not grown anti-jewish over the last century in a vacuum, just like they didn’t grow anti-American in a vacuum. The exact same binary “you’re either with us or against us” rhetoric has been displayed after every terrorist attack since 9/11. It’s never the right time to discuss how our own past and present crimes recruit current and future enemies. They just hate us for our freedoms — who we are and our way of life — and that’s the only narrative our ministries of truth deploy.
That’s precisely the point of my comment though: there are tons of other posts one can condemn Israel’s genocide that don’t come off as opportunistic. The other side engages in this behavior: Netanyahu made a ridiculous statement that blamed Australia’s recognition of Palestine - https://www.commondreams.org/news/australia-palestian-state
Honestly though, this isn’t a hill worth dying on. Especially when we are on the same side, so this is just pointless infighting. You win, I forfeit. Have a good day.
You’ve been on Lemmy long enough that you should know that this is one of the most discussed topics here. Probably top 3.
Okay, so why are attacks targeting Jewish people the wrong time to discuss how dangerous the Israeli states actions are to the global Jewish diaspora?
The Islamic world has not grown anti-jewish over the last century in a vacuum, just like they didn’t grow anti-American in a vacuum. The exact same binary “you’re either with us or against us” rhetoric has been displayed after every terrorist attack since 9/11. It’s never the right time to discuss how our own past and present crimes recruit current and future enemies. They just hate us for our freedoms — who we are and our way of life — and that’s the only narrative our ministries of truth deploy.
That’s precisely the point of my comment though: there are tons of other posts one can condemn Israel’s genocide that don’t come off as opportunistic. The other side engages in this behavior: Netanyahu made a ridiculous statement that blamed Australia’s recognition of Palestine - https://www.commondreams.org/news/australia-palestian-state
Honestly though, this isn’t a hill worth dying on. Especially when we are on the same side, so this is just pointless infighting. You win, I forfeit. Have a good day.