Comment on Interesting analogy

• alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  That’s not the case at all, you can look at my post history if you want to know the things I think.

  It’s just you generally want to avoid antisemitic tropes when you’re talking about Zionists because antisemites say Zionist when they mean Jew.

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  • dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    yes exactly - don’t use an anti-Semitic trope when criticizing Zionism, lest you be confused for an anti-Semite; this weakens the meme significantly and for no good reason (other than maybe to pick up support from conspiracy nuts and right-wingers by using a dog-whistle while still being palatable to people who don’t see the dog-whistle)

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    • dx1@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Uh yeah, so the point of the meme isn’t to make the association of anyone with lizards, it’s to point out the ridiculousness of land claims based on ethnic/religious identity and ancient historical associations.

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      • dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        right, but since representing Jewish people as lizards is an anti-Semitic trope, representing Zionists as lizards is an obvious blunder if it wasn’t an intentionally trying to be anti-Semitic

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  • Pilferjinx@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Are you saying I can’t use the word Zionist because some Nazi scum uses it too?

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    • alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      No, I’m saying you should be careful in cases where it could be taken as an antisemitic dogwhistle.

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