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Murphiroth posted...

Ooof the mask is slipping homie, might want to reel it back a bit.

I feel like you have to be mis-reading me because two people brought up this phrase and I don't get what they think I'm saying. My point is, Israel committing a genocide does not mean that you should use phrases that make Jewish people feel like you are cheering for THEIR genocide in response. Anti-semitic violence is also a real threat too. If we know genocide is bad, then Hamas genociding Israel would be an awful thing also. If the shoe was on the other foot, and Israel was the victim, this would be equally horrible. That is what I was saying.

Smashingpmkns posted...

I think the general meaning is that Palestinians are fighting for the day they can move freely and have agency from the river to the sea. This phrase is not a call for genocide, and to believe that it is says more about you than the people chanting the phrase.

Yeah, this might be what most of them mean. But to hear this not be quieted down with its association with Hamas and their rhetoric, it scares you about anti-semitic sentiment in America/the world.

Murphiroth posted...

So why doesn't this apply to the phrase in question?

Why are you more up in arms about a phrase that could potentially refer to genocide than the ACTUAL genocide that's currently ongoing?

I think that Israel's actions should be protested, but as a Jewish person obviously it hits close to home seeing that people that consider themselves in the right can say things like this gladly, in colleges, etc, and have it not be shouted down. After October 7th, if a pro-israel protest was saying this kind of thing, it would be equally scary and horrific I imagine.