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Not some 300th degree of abstraction where you have to trace constellations to land on some vague anti-semitic idea.

I’ve had several instances in the past few weeks in which I’ve spoken to otherwise politically oblivious people and heard actual condemnation of the genocide. Followed up with the conflation of Israel with Jews, ascribing all the awful shit the piece of shit country to Jews in general.

Who could have possibly seen this coming?

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[-] porcupine@lemmygrad.ml 18 points 2 days ago

Followed up with the conflation of Israel with Jews, ascribing all the awful shit the piece of shit country to Jews in general.

This has been the longstanding and explicit position of the US, EU, UK, Canadian, and Australian governments and all associated mainstream media: that Israel is the exclusive representative and arbiter of Judaism, and that anyone Israel recognizes as Jewish is their subject. To deny any of these things is considered the primary definition of antisemitism by the majorities of people in these countries, and this is being increasingly codified into law. Surveys consistently show supermajorities of self-identifying Jewish people outside occupied Palestine agreeing with these definitions.

If you’re a normie “non-political” citizen living within the empire, what incentive is there for you to spontaneously decide “no, actually my entire government, every ‘reputable’ news source I consume, and likely every Jewish person I remember speaking with in real life are all wrong about what it means to be ‘Jewish’ or ‘antisemitic’”? Anyone willing to accept a complete break with the dominant ideology of their society is likely someone who’s already radicalized in other ways, for better or worse.

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