• PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Yup, it’s an issue that goes both ways. Israel has historically used the “antisemite” label as a shield for any criticism. And that has all recently come to a head, where any valid criticism of their literal fucking war crimes is treated the same as if you’re a neo-nazi. You can criticize Israel’s actions without stooping to antisemitism. But that won’t stop Israel (and Israel’s supporters) from labeling you an antisemite anyways.

    It’s the same strategy that conservatives have used with things like Critical Race Theory. They work to undefine the term, so anything they don’t like can be labeled as such. Don’t like a classroom lesson? Label it CRT. Since conservatives have been taught to hate CRT, they’ll hate that lesson. Even if the lesson has nothing to do with CRT, that doesn’t matter because the conservative voters have already made up their minds about whether or not they’re against it. Antisemitism has become an undefined term for Israel’s supporters, where anyone they don’t like can simply be labeled an antisemite.

    • kaffiene@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      Yuo. Conservatives di this all the time. See: woke, politically correct, commie They use terms as cudgels without concern for meaning

      • mojofrododojo@lemmy.world
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        11 months ago

        they pride themselves on not being able to even define what woke, CRT etc are in their own words.

        chuds.

    • RickRussell_CA@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      valid criticism of their literal fucking war crimes

      Sir, why do you work for the genocide of the Jewish race? Have you no shame, sir? Have you no decency?

      /s

    • Thief_of_Crows@sh.itjust.works
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      The way israels been acting the last 3 months or so, (and also the 30 years prior) I think one could be forgiven for becoming more antisemitic. I mean, people very justly held heavy prejudice against Germans in the late 1940s and 1950s/60s, even though most obviously weren’t Nazis. Why exactly are Israeli Jews different?