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[-] Zehzin@lemmy.world 251 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

No one expects a state official to mention the fucking Inquisition to defend their own crimes against humanity.

[-] livus@kbin.social 86 points 1 month ago

Ikr! Pretty sure its a reference to the Spanish Inquisition's expulsion of Jewish people in the 1490s.

In other words it's not just super random whataboutism, it's also a dogwhistle to the "chosen people versus antisemitic rest of the world" narrative that Netanyahu et al use to drum up support from their base.

[-] FaceDeer@fedia.io 59 points 1 month ago

Israel's cries of victimhood were already starting to wear thin when it was focused on the Holocaust. Yes, it was a terrible tragedy, but it's 80 years ago at this point - very, very few people are left that were directly involved and the circumstances have changed significantly since then. But going back over five hundred years to try to find "gotchas" is just sad and counterproductive.

People are suffering right now and being persecuted right now, and it has nothing to do with the Inquisition or the Nazis.

[-] SuddenDownpour@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 month ago

It's even more ironic when you know that the PSOE, the current ruling party in Spain, voted in favor of granting Spanish nationality to the descendants of the Sephardic Jews who were expelled by the Inquisition 5 centuries ago and applied for it.

[-] Tryptaminev@lemm.ee 10 points 1 month ago

Funny. The Inquisition came after the Muslim rulers were driven out of Spain. Before there was a vibrant Jewish life in southern Spain.

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