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You’re right about there being other genocides. But the difference here is that for many in the West, they are seeing their own participation in it (ie USA, UK
by WhackyIdeas 2y ago
You’re right about there being other genocides.
But the difference here is that for many in the West, they are seeing their own participation in it (ie USA, UK) with the Germans giving morale support for it. All those American Boeing-made missiles ripping apart and burning alive those little hungry toddlers camping outside in their cold tents… it tends to make people reflect a little more.
- snowpid 2y agoIn Germany there is no big debate.
- ngruhn 2y agoI have a different theory. There are tons of wars and conflicts in the Middle East. Saudi Arabia vs Yemen, Iran vs Irak, Pakistan vs India, civil war in Syria, civil war in Somalia, civil war in Sudan, and everybody else is fighting ISIS. It’s not like the US/West are not involved or that the conflicts are any less bloody or that the parties have "better reasons" to kill each other. And still, they receive no where near as much attention and criticism as Israel/Palestine. I also don’t think the reason is antisemitism (at least in the West). I think the reason is that the West has to view everything through the lens of the culture war: it’s white vs brown and white is evil, therefore Israel is evil.
- WhackyIdeas 2y agoIsrael has created its own perception of itself to the world. They gave up all sense of humanity to go on a revenge spree and now they don’t know when to stop because the whole world sees them as monsters so they probably think it couldn’t get any worse. Changing the convo to talk about some other wars than Israel / Gaza is just another kind of deflection technique to avoid responsibility. If it isn’t the antisemitism card, it’s the deflection card. Sorry, but most of us know it’s true.