A German foundation has said it will no longer be awarding a prize for political thinking to a leading Russian-American journalist after criticizing as “unacceptable” a recent essay by the writer in which they made a comparison between Gaza and a Jewish ghetto in Nazi-occupied Europe.

  • lolcatnip@reddthat.com
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    11 months ago

    It still has value if it stops then from committing another genocide themselves. But yeah, they could be doing a lot better.

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      11 months ago

      Yeah, it is not. Defending who commits genocide is not what you’d call a “stop”.