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Samskara@sh.itjust.works 18 hours agoIt’s the one who’s telling you that you don’t get how antisemitism works.
And he is correct because he actually spent time learning about it.
Diva@lemmy.ml 16 hours ago
Micromot@piefed.social 18 hours ago
Quite a few haven’t understood it, despite having learned about it
Samskara@sh.itjust.works 17 hours ago
Antisemitism is bad. Antisemitism is when Nazis gas Jews in Auschwitz.
That‘s a widespread opinion, also among the left. Leftists typically consider themselves immune from antisemitism because they aren’t Nazis and the good guys. They are ignorant about the difference between antisemitism and racism.
They will of course remember Auschwitz performatively, and invoke it as a political tool whenever convenient.
People Love Dead Jews because they don’t speak up, aren’t annoying, can be used to virtue signal, and as political tool.
A great quote by Israeli psychoanalyst Zvi Rex fits here as.
Germans will never forgive the Jews for the Holocaust.
Micromot@piefed.social 16 hours ago
Antisemitism is when Jews are attacked for being Jews.
It can happen and happens outside of the holocaust and should be taken seriously.
There is the misunderstanding you said and also some Germans famously know as anti-Deutsche or antigermans that are of the opinion that any criticism of the actions of the Israeli government is antisemitism because it is a Jewish ethnostate. They also sometimes/often think that the Germans are antisemitic by their existence and bloodline
Samskara@sh.itjust.works 15 hours ago
See, just as I said. You draw the line at attacks. Would you define racism as being attacks against racialized people? Antisemitism starts with the rumor about the Jews. That’s what legitimizes the marginalization and violence.
This is the difference how leftists typically deal with accusations of bigotry:
Black person: „That’s racist!“
Leftist: „Of course your lived experience matters!“
Jewish person: „That’s antisemitic!“
Leftist: „ANTIZIONISM ISNT ANTISEMITISM! SHUT UP ZIONAZI! DEATH TO ISRAHELL!“
antigermans that are of the opinion that any criticism of the actions of the Israeli government is antisemitism because it is a Jewish ethnostate
That’s often repeated but incorrect. Criticism is fine. Israelis, Zionists, and antigermans criticize Israel all the time.
It crosses the line when demanding Israel‘s violent destruction and with it the death of millions of Jews for example.
Holding Israel to a different standard than all other countries can be an expression of antisemitism as well. Denying only the Jewish people the right to self determination is common for example.
Repeating antisemitic conspiracy theories and tropes doesn’t stop being antisemitic, if the word Jews are swapped for Zionists. That’s what neo-Nazis have been doing for decades. Today the anti Israel left uncritically uses the exact same phrases and terms they have established.
Holocaust inversion has also become disturbingly widespread.
Grimy@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
bending over backwards to protect a genocidal, imperialist power
Is this a direct reference to you?
Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 18 hours ago
As someone living in Germany, I can confidently tell you:
Nah.
Samskara@sh.itjust.works 17 hours ago
A majority of leftists think antisemitism begins when with „gas the Jews“.
Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 17 hours ago
So for you antisemitism starts with “jews are not allowed to genocide arabs”, huh?
Samskara@sh.itjust.works 16 hours ago
Nope.
Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml 16 hours ago
Lol hasbara back at it