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[–] jeena@jemmy.jeena.net 31 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Being pro human rights has always been dangerous in countries like China or Iran. It would seem that it is getting dangerous in some western countries now too.

[–] Bitrot@lemmy.sdf.org 18 points 11 months ago (2 children)

This is not new, but for the most part it is only professionally dangerous. The west are the good guys, so saying they are doing something not good breaks people’s brains. It is only in hindsight a decade later that they’ll maybe admit something was a mistake or should have been handled differently, more likely they just won’t think about it or even know. That’s how the US can maintain smug moral superiority while supporting Pinochet or Saddam Hussein, or call Hussein’s use of white phosphorus a crime and then deploy it in Fallujah (or Gaza).

They’ve done it to the extreme in this case. If you are against the actions of the state of Israel you support the deaths of Jews so you’re an antisemite. The Jews who are also against the actions of Israel are self-hating Jews that resemble capos. It’s unfortunate because they are watering down the meaning of that term, and plenty of people lack nuance to see the difference between the state of Israel and Jewish people so it will bolster actual antisemitism. The powerful need an enemy, so that isn’t necessarily a bad thing if you’re them.

[–] bartolomeo@suppo.fi 4 points 11 months ago

If you are against the actions of the state of Israel you support the deaths of Jews so you’re an antisemite.

and if you think genocide is bad then you're "Pro-Palestine"

[–] ksynwa@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 11 months ago

Something American happens in America

"Oh no we are becoming like the filthy orientals"