Schindler’s List director says in speech marking 30th anniversary of the USC Shoah Foundation that he is alarmed that ‘we may … once again have to fight for the very right to be Jewish’.
In remarks reported by Deadline, Spielberg said: “Those who can not remember the past are condemned to repeat it. I am increasingly alarmed that we may be condemned to repeat history – to once again have to fight for the very right to be Jewish.”
He added: “The echoes of history are unmistakable in our current climate. The rise of extremist views has created a dangerous environment, and radical intolerance leads a society to no longer celebrate differences but instead conspire to demonise those who are different to the point of creating ‘the Other’… This is happening alongside anti-Muslim, Arab, and Sikh discrimination. The creation of ‘the Other’ and the dehumanisation of any group based on their differences, is the foundation of fascism.”
Spielberg also directly addressed the current conflict in Gaza for the first time, saying: “We can rage against the heinous acts committed by the terrorists of October 7th and also decry the killing of innocent women and children in Gaza.”
@fluxion I agree. I think he has put thought into it. That’s why this was worth posting.
The people in here who think he’s supporting the genocide unfortunately didn’t read past the first paragraph.
It’s infuriating. Every top level comment I’ve seen is showing they can’t read more than a few sentences without commenting.
Twitter is wall to wall bots. I wonder how many are on lemmy.
Honestly good point.
We like to assume thoughtless content must mean bots, but I think real people are plenty likely to read that first paragraph and jump straight in to comments.
Much less oversight on Lemmy.