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Why the implicit antisemitism and need to list Israel in the name. I find it interesting that we never list other country origins when discussing their issues

by bkmrkr 6y ago

KyleJ61782 6y ago
Especially since it's not listed in the title after clicking the link.
WanderPanda 6y ago
If I remember correctly in the case of Crypto AG, Switzerland was regularly mentioned in the title
Chris2048 6y ago
Why does listing Israel in the name mean antisemitism? The company claimed "sovereign immunity", you don't think country of origin is important?
helge9210 6y ago
Putting "Jewish hacking company" in the title would be antisemitic, critisizing Israel is not.
- richrichardsson 6y ago
  Exactly. Although it's a bit odd they added "Israeli". Israel != Judaism, yet the common automatic cry of "antisemitism" when criticising Israel is problematic.
aparsons 6y ago
Why mention the Russian hackers? Aren’t they just hackers?
- giancarlostoro 6y ago
  Or so says their VPN trail that ends there for obvious reasons.
kowlo 6y ago
Why the implicit antisemitism and need to list Israel in the name. I find it interesting that we never list other country origins when discussing their issues "Post-truth"? Did you look for any evidence of this supposed pattern? - Chinese military personnel charged for hacking into Equifax https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22289826 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22289826 - Russian opposition leader Navalny dupes spy into revealing how he was poisoned. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25495480 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25495480 - Gitlab Blocked Iranians’ Access https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24886102 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24886102 - The YouTube ban is un-American, wrong, and will backfire https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25391202 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25391202 - Many Japanese children refuse to go to school https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21860951 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21860951
GordonS 6y ago
Please don't do that, there is enough real antisemitism without trying to create more out of nothing. The company is based in Israel - that is a fact, and would be pointed out regardless of the country.
porpoise 6y ago
> I find it interesting that we never list other country origins when discussing their issues I don't remember ever reading a headline, clicking into it, and discovering that it's about something happening in China. The country origin is almost always advertised right in the headline itself. In fact, since I'm not a fan of most China coverage in mainstream media, the above fact allows me to filter much of it out simply by CSS (using uBlock's implementation of the :has-text selector), with no need for JS (via userscripts).

Why the implicit antisemitism and need to list Israel in the name. I find it interesting that we never list other country origins when discussing their issues

by bkmrkr 6y ago

Why the implicit antisemitism and need to list Israel in the name. I find it interesting that we never list other country origins when discussing their issues

KyleJ61782 6y ago

Especially since it's not listed in the title after clicking the link.

WanderPanda 6y ago

If I remember correctly in the case of Crypto AG, Switzerland was regularly mentioned in the title

Chris2048 6y ago

Why does listing Israel in the name mean antisemitism? The company claimed "sovereign immunity", you don't think country of origin is important?

helge9210 6y ago

Putting "Jewish hacking company" in the title would be antisemitic, critisizing Israel is not.

richrichardsson 6y ago
Exactly. Although it's a bit odd they added "Israeli". Israel != Judaism, yet the common automatic cry of "antisemitism" when criticising Israel is problematic.

aparsons 6y ago

Why mention the Russian hackers? Aren’t they just hackers?

giancarlostoro 6y ago
Or so says their VPN trail that ends there for obvious reasons.

kowlo 6y ago

Why the implicit antisemitism and need to list Israel in the name. I find it interesting that we never list other country origins when discussing their issues "Post-truth"? Did you look for any evidence of this supposed pattern? - Chinese military personnel charged for hacking into Equifax https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22289826 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22289826 - Russian opposition leader Navalny dupes spy into revealing how he was poisoned. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25495480 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25495480 - Gitlab Blocked Iranians’ Access https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24886102 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24886102 - The YouTube ban is un-American, wrong, and will backfire https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25391202 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25391202 - Many Japanese children refuse to go to school https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21860951 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21860951

GordonS 6y ago

Please don't do that, there is enough real antisemitism without trying to create more out of nothing. The company is based in Israel - that is a fact, and would be pointed out regardless of the country.

porpoise 6y ago

> I find it interesting that we never list other country origins when discussing their issues I don't remember ever reading a headline, clicking into it, and discovering that it's about something happening in China. The country origin is almost always advertised right in the headline itself. In fact, since I'm not a fan of most China coverage in mainstream media, the above fact allows me to filter much of it out simply by CSS (using uBlock's implementation of the :has-text selector), with no need for JS (via userscripts).