The "if you're criticizing Israel then you are an antisemitic" argument is getting really really old and fucking tired.

I have never in my life had any issues with anyone who is Jewish just because they are Jewish. Nor will I ever. But I have serious issues with the state of Israel committing war crimes on a daily basis and expecting not to be held accountable.

attacking a defenseless neighboring people

They’re so close to figuring it out

They're mad that they're identifying with the genocidal, colonizing villains of the story?

Well, if the shoe fits.

"If the shoe fits"... So maybe sit with your thoughts a bit longer to a logical conclusion instead of jumping to social media to dump your little thought vomit.

This complaint is such an admission. They can't point to a single similarly between Israel and the bad guys in the movie except, "nation with technology advanced weaponry being deployed against unarmed civilians," and they're not even disputing that that's an accurate depiction of what's happening. It's not like they're saying, "this movie parallels Hamas propaganda." They're saying, "depicting colonial genocide negatively is anti-Israel."

Andor is just one such example of this.

This shit is why I joke that every work of fiction needs to end with the protagonist staring directly at the camera and explaining what the audience is supposed to take away from it, 1950's style, because people are too stupid for subtlety. Yes, yes, very clever to name the site of a genocide "G[horman Pl]aza," and have a character specifically emphasize the word "genocide" in a Senate chamber, but StrikeEagle784 sees all that and goes, "Wow, cool lasers" without understanding anything about anything.

Now, imagine if Andor ended with Cassian taking a seat and saying, "Hi, I'm Cassian Andor, and I hope you enjoyed the show. Were you moved by the plight of the Ghormans and inspired to fight the Empire? Well, just like how the Empire conducted a genocide against Ghorman, in real life, the US and Israel are committing genocide against the people of Gaza. That's actually the reason why that's in the show. Early on, I tried to turn a blind eye to injustice, but I found that ignoring the problem didn't make it go away. This is also true in real life. In summary, the genocide in Gaza is bad and you should do something about it."

Would that be stupid and annoying? Yes. But this is the level of art that we deserve. At least, it's the level of art that StrikeEagle784 deserves.

Someone have context if we haven’t seen the new superman?

Also I want to scream a million times. Israel isn’t Judaism and Judaism isn’t Israel! Mixing that up is problematic because you’re confounding anti-zionism (a settler colonial state project committing genocide) with anti-semitism.

Well, if the shoe fits.

Oh I guess I'm going to see the new Superman now.

Wait, I thought the Jews ran Hollywood and controlled all of the media? How is it possible a movie like this exists?

Yes it is totally Hollywood making Israel look bad, not the shooting caged brown people part.

Are Zionists (not the general Jewish population of the world) the biggest mass murdering babies in human civilization now adays?

That being said. Free palestine ♡

"they're showing a country of mostly white people invading and brutalizing a defenseless country of brown people which is clearly about Israel-palestine"

c/selfawarewolves

"we're seeing similarities between us and fictional villains and we don't like it"

rick and morty , family guy all have talked about palestine and israel in some form or another. dint see them whine about that. there were quite a few other shows discussing it.

If you see yourself in the bad guys actions, maybe do something else...

"well, if the shoe fits"

well, if the shoe fits

I choose to believe these are rage-bait and false flags. Otherwise, multiple someones managed to learn a language with so little introspection and contextual understanding that I'd have to downgrade them to an LLM.

"Global antisemitism on the rise". Is that because Israel turned genocidal against the Palestinians?

you call them PRO-PALIS? does that mean youre ANTI-PALESTINE?? KIND OF A WEIRD THING TO SAY

It’s not our fault your state became so evil they are interchangeable with cartoon villains.

All this whining about that movie makes me want to see it more and more. If this is intentional, it will be remembered as the best marketing campaign in history.

at this point israel is just a country of vile rabid criminals. they know all the normal jewish people think of them as a stain on humanity and their religion but still cry antisemitism when they are exposed bombing children collecting water or sniping pregnant women.

Reddit has been actively alienating users who despise fascism, so these pro-fash topical whinges are only going to grow more echo-chambery