Comment by eigencoder

4 days ago

antisemitism

Israel is not a religion.

  • True, but it's the only Jewish state.

    • No religions are states, that is just your political opinion. I think it's a really toxic opinion because it then leads to the question of the potential allegiance to a foreign nation of anyone based on their religion. This is the same reason why a Catholic president was once controversial, because back then people believed there was a Catholic state secretly controlling them.

      In my political opinion Israel is an artificially created state which is why it's so unstable and we should simply walk away and cut our losses on this. I believe my opinion is the prevailing populist opinion too so y'all have to contend with that.

      There needs to be some compromise between our points of view or else we'll continue to get more war and violence. I think our country needs to recognize our responsibility for this mess and should offer land in North America of equivalent value for any Zionist refugees and then leave the poor people of that land alone. I ultra extremists would feel right at home in the Catskills lol.

    • Speaking as an escaped Christian fundamentalist -- religious faith and religious nationalism are actually two different things.

>antisemitism

Certainly some is antisemitism. To imply, as you have, that there is 0% legitimacy to any other reasons to hate the behavior of the current Israeli government is just as pro-genocide as you claim antisemitism.

Most people I know who oppose Israel's actions in Gaza have no problem with Jewish people; many themselves are Jewish.

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  • Gas prices are solely Israel's fault? You couldn't have said "I am a propagandist" any more clearly, even if you had tried.

    • >Gas prices are solely Israel's fault? You couldn't have said "I am a propagandist" any more clearly, even if you had tried.

      I agree it's a bit of a stretch, but only a bit. Had Israel not gotten the USA on board with the attacks on Iran, I do not think gas prices would be much above their standard seasonally- and inflation-adjusted level, unlike where they have been since the "war" started.

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    • You'd have a point in so far that the US president shouldn't be led by the nose by anyone. But here we are.