• Pommes_für_dein_Balg@feddit.org
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    4 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?

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      4 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.

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        4 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.orgOP
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          4 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.