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If you dehumanize people as "zombies" -- 45% of the population of Gaza, one of the most densely populated areas on Earth, are under the age of 15! -- then yes,

If you dehumanize people as "zombies" -- 45% of the population of Gaza, one of the most densely populated areas on Earth, are under the age of 15! -- then yes, you are at best a racist, and my civility towards people who deserve is to not further interact with someone who does not.

proc0 3y ago
You're missing the big the picture and predictably falling back into the oppressor and oppressed false dichotomy. There are toxic ideologies that spread like disease and at some point you are too far gone. Anyone who understands why winning WW2 was important understands this.
- johnnyworker 3y ago
  > You're missing the big the picture and predictably falling back into the oppressor and oppressed false dichotomy. After imploring people to not straw man you, this? Heh. I said exactly what I said, and you can play with whatever you prefer me to have said by yourself. Though I'll say unwittingly you raised a good point: the Nazis also declared what they did as a benevolent response to a grave threat to all of humanity, and then went from their rhetoric of "the" Jew straight to murdering children. "Killing the terrorists of tomorrow", as right-wing Israelis call it. I'm with Leibowitz, who loved Israel more than you can even imagine, and Finkelstein, who called BDS a cult and insists on international law. I don't need or want your approval.
  - proc0 3y ago
    I'm not trying to approve or disapprove of anything. I'm just trying to illustrate the root cause in a short comment, and discuss. I'm open to learning. I still think you are describing an incomplete picture and underestimating the extremist religious groups that literally state and show their intentions. This is at least a big factor in the discussion, yet it's completely left out from a lot of the protests from the posted article.

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If you dehumanize people as "zombies" -- 45% of the population of Gaza, one of the most densely populated areas on Earth, are under the age of 15! -- then yes,

by johnnyworker 3y ago

proc0 3y ago
You're missing the big the picture and predictably falling back into the oppressor and oppressed false dichotomy. There are toxic ideologies that spread like disease and at some point you are too far gone. Anyone who understands why winning WW2 was important understands this.
- johnnyworker 3y ago
  > You're missing the big the picture and predictably falling back into the oppressor and oppressed false dichotomy. After imploring people to not straw man you, this? Heh. I said exactly what I said, and you can play with whatever you prefer me to have said by yourself. Though I'll say unwittingly you raised a good point: the Nazis also declared what they did as a benevolent response to a grave threat to all of humanity, and then went from their rhetoric of "the" Jew straight to murdering children. "Killing the terrorists of tomorrow", as right-wing Israelis call it. I'm with Leibowitz, who loved Israel more than you can even imagine, and Finkelstein, who called BDS a cult and insists on international law. I don't need or want your approval.
  - proc0 3y ago
    I'm not trying to approve or disapprove of anything. I'm just trying to illustrate the root cause in a short comment, and discuss. I'm open to learning. I still think you are describing an incomplete picture and underestimating the extremist religious groups that literally state and show their intentions. This is at least a big factor in the discussion, yet it's completely left out from a lot of the protests from the posted article.