Antisemitic attacks are surging across Europe and North America as global tensions and the Iran war fuel more extreme narratives. Expert Milo Comerford explains why distant conflicts spark local hate — and what can stop it.
  • gigachad@piefed.socialEnglish
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    3 months ago

    This is an article about attacks against Jews abroad, and the post is half downvotes. This tells a lot about what people think about jews. They can’t separate a fascist regime from a religion and they also don’t want to. People want an enemy and Jewish people are historically easy targets. For many the world is black and white and they need to position themselves on either side. They can’t bear ambiguity.

    Now follow your reflex Lemmy, and do your thing. I spoke up against violence against Jews! This must mean I am a “Zionist” and I deny genocide.

    • ∟⊔⊤∦∣≶@lemmy.nzEnglish
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      3 months ago

      Only a third of US Jews support Israel’s war in Gaza, survey shows

      So as long as only an ENTIRE third are targetted then it’s more or less even. /s

      The Jew war supporters are not a tiny minority. You could flip a coin and have a better than half chance you chose a genocide supporter.

      People shouldn’t be targetting innocent civilians, obviously. But the Jews outside of Israel could do a lot better to distance themselves from Israel, vocally and visibly.

      • Pommes_für_dein_Balg@feddit.orgEnglish
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        3 months ago

        But the Jews outside of Israel could do a lot better to distance themselves from Israel, vocally and visibly.

        This statement implies that Jews (no matter where they live and what they think) are one homogeneous group where each individual member is responsible for other group members’ actions. Even though they have no choice in whether they belong to that group.

        Why the hell should a New York shopkeeper have to vocally and visibly distance themselves from the crimes committed by a country in the Middle East?

        • CannonFodder@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          3 months ago

          Because they are associated by default. Just the same as with Americans traveling abroad and trumps moronic and evil policies. And I’ve found that Americans typically do immediately bring it up and apologize. To not do so is to condone it, or to imply it’s irrelevant.

          • Stitch0815@feddit.orgEnglish
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            3 months ago

            Because they are associated by default.

            And that, good sir is what the initial comment is about

            This IS antisemitism. As compared to what Isreal has been trying to lable as antisemitism the last couple of years.

            • Pip@feddit.orgOPEnglish
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              3 months ago

              Yep, that’s antisemitism. Guilty of others’ actions by the mere fact of being Jewish. And hence some commentators here are fine with Jews being harassed and bombed for belonging to this group.