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The issue is that some of PHK's most controversial 'outbursts' show that he thinks it's OK to hate Jews as a collective because of Israel.
by vogon_laureate 6y ago
The issue is that some of PHK's most controversial 'outbursts' show that he thinks it's OK to hate Jews as a collective because of Israel.
- gnfargbl 6y agoThe reason I find the topic fascinating is that the semantics seem to obliterate the discussion before it can really begin. I'm assuming that from PHK's point of view, he casually used "the Jews" as a identity for "Israel". That's crass and wrong, but as another white European I'm ashamed to say that it is something that I might have also done before I was given the opportunity to learn a little more about the topic. I'm assuming that from your point of view, the language PHK used, with the history irremediably attached to it, is presumably just such obvious anti-Semitic racism, perhaps being so similar to language that you've certainly heard several times before, that you feel compelled to call it out as such. And so, here we are: unable to discuss the topic because the language is constructed from hand-grenades. By the time we have recognized them as such, our hands are already missing.
- phkamp 6y agoI think your last paragraph sums it up very well.
- gnfargbl 6y agoThank you. At the risk of getting involved in the discussion in the way I said above I did not want to, I feel I have to point out that "Holding Jews collectively responsible for actions of the state of Israel" is usually explicitly defined as anti-Semitic[1]. You do now rather seem to be missing an opportunity to clarify your views on the topic. [1] https://www.holocaustremembrance.com/resources/working-definitions-charters/working-definition-antisemitism https://www.holocaustremembrance.com/resources/working-defin...
- phkamp 6y agoYou think I'm stupid enough to try juggling handgrenades in Israels info-war minefield again ?
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