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I'm hearing everyone come out and condemn this thing which is apparently "hate speech" and how apparently terrible it was for the BBC to continue broadcasting it (I don't think they did anything wrong- they were broadcasting a real life event). I understand the upset at kneecap (like supporting Hezbollah and talking about killing MPs) but I don't know how chanting "Death to the IDF" is hate speech- it's not even necessarily calling for death to humans, could be directed towards wanting to disband the organisation.

I don't know why the media and politicians are making such a big deal over it. It feels like they are trying to tell us how awful it was that these people said this thing and that we should apparently be outraged. Or maybe it's just me. I think there are worse things going on in the world.... particularly within the geographical piece of land variously known as Israel/Palestine/Canaan....

~~I'm probably banned from entering the USA now~~

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[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 10 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

The difference is that the IDF is comprised of Jewish military personnel and for "some" reason, these days you aren't allowed to criticize any actions from anyone with said heritage.

It's stupid, really.

If you're an asshole, I will call you an asshole. Being Jewish has nothing to do with that equation

Right now, the Israeli government and the IDF are engaged in a genocide. Period. Them being Jewish, I don't care. Right now these fuckers are literally no different from the Nazi army and, you know, Nazis. The worst thing of all, i guess, is that the irony of Jews acting like Nazis is completely lost on these fuckers. If at least they'd realize what they have become, maybe it could baseball bat smack some sense into their heads, but no.

Criticizing a Jewish military officer for committing genocide is the same as committing genocide on Jews. Or something. I don't know, don't ask me, it just doesn't make any sense.

I guess this can be best summed up with "fuck all religions" because at the core this is just religion being used yet again to fuck over some group of people." Without religion, most people suddenly aren't so happy to blow up little children, but with?

Our God said its okay!" is all the excuse the Nazis needed and its the same excuse that the extremist Israelis use to support their child murderers.

[–] ProvableGecko@lemmy.world 10 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

Stay on topic brother, an army of a real country full of real people are doing the genocide. Not a religion. The reasons are irrelevant as there can be no justification for genocide.

[–] Scubus@sh.itjust.works 3 points 14 hours ago

Yep, them being jewish matters exactly 0. Even bringing it up is literally just an attempt to muddy the waters, and as such it's the simplest way to find out who supports genocide.