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That’s not what that tweet says. So you admit your argument carries little weight without sensationalizing it?
by valuearb 6y ago
That’s not what that tweet says. So you admit your argument carries little weight without sensationalizing it?
- enriquec 6y agoThe tweet says: "#Israel is a malignant cancerous tumor in the West Asian region that has to be removed and eradicated: it is possible and it will happen." Do you think that is not as bad as what Trump has said?
- valuearb 6y agoIsrael is a country, the Jews are a race. The poster claimed it called for the eradication of a race, not a nation. And it can be argued that if the Israeli nation wasn’t a socialist theocracy, things would be much better there, just as we can say the same for Iran.
- smolder 6y agoThey're not wrong that it's different, Israel and Jews are two different things. You can be against Israel without being and antisemite, though I wouldn't guess that's the case here.
- smolder 6y agoThey're not wrong that it's different, Israel and Jews are two different things. You can be against Israel without being an antisemite, though I wouldn't guess that's the case here.
- jtdev 6y agoDid you not read the tweet? Seems rather clear to me.
- jtdev 6y agoDo those downvoting here actually support the sentiment of the Ayatollah??
- valuearb 6y agoIsrael is a country, Jews are a race. You can be for the replacement of Israel with a more inclusive nation-state without calling for a Jewish genocide. Now you and I both know the Ayatollah believes in a Jewish genocide, but this particular tweet isn’t proof or evidence of it.
- mminer237 6y agoYou have to understand things in context though. Trump never said "storm the US capitol". Twitter's official reason for banning him was for glorifying violence by tweeting that “The 75,000,000 great American Patriots who voted for me, AMERICA FIRST, and MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, will have a GIANT VOICE long into the future. They will not be disrespected or treated unfairly in any way, shape or form!!!” and that he wouldn't be going to the inauguration. If you can twist that into supporting the rioters and calling for violence at the inauguration, I don't see how you can't see calling for the destruction of Israel could cause people to be anti-Semitic. If Trump tweeted that Mexico was cancerous tumor on America that has to be removed and eradicated, it is possible, and it will happen, do you think Twitter be cool with that? What if he had previously endorsed the genocide of all Mexican people? What if Americans had commonly been committing terrorist attacks against Mexicans?
- valuearb 6y agoI don’t disagree with your point about context, or Twitter banning the Ayatollah. My point was that OP didn’t have to mistate the literal tweet.