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The left and the right both agree 100% on protecting Israel, and social media is the biggest threat to Israel's existence given how low support for Israel has p

The left and the right both agree 100% on protecting Israel, and social media is the biggest threat to Israel's existence given how low support for Israel has plummeted in Americans aged 18-25 thanks to unfiltered access to imagery from the war in Gaza.

krapp 2y ago
The American military industrial complex couldn't care less about optics. The Iraq war led to some of the biggest protests in history and it didn't matter, and the current social media landscape doesn't actually matter wrt American policy in Israel. Also, it shouldn't be the role of social media to ensure the existence of Israel, even if one assumes that opposition to their actions in Gaza is de facto opposition to their existence as a state, which I wouldn't. Also what you're describing immediate, unfiltered journalism which provides one of the strongest arguments against having social media be regulated by governments. Seeing the cruelty and violence of government unfiltered by media gatekeepers and in realtime is a good thing. Americans should have the opportunity to question their government's unwavering support for Israel and the consequences of their own imperialism. Of course social media can also be just as much a platform for propaganda and misinformation as traditional media, but it's also easier to undermine than traditional media. We need a way for the masses to be able to publish to the masses, and social media is currently the best option to allow that, even with its downsides.
thruway516 2y ago
>The left and the right both agree 100% on protecting Israel Sorry I call bull on this. In the first part of your comment you say 'agree 100%' and in the latter part you yourself say 'how low support has plummeted' and imply social media is to blame. In what way is 'low support' == 'agree 100%' ? It sounds like you're calling for some form of censorship to enforce 100% agreement.

krapp 2y ago

The American military industrial complex couldn't care less about optics. The Iraq war led to some of the biggest protests in history and it didn't matter, and the current social media landscape doesn't actually matter wrt American policy in Israel. Also, it shouldn't be the role of social media to ensure the existence of Israel, even if one assumes that opposition to their actions in Gaza is de facto opposition to their existence as a state, which I wouldn't. Also what you're describing immediate, unfiltered journalism which provides one of the strongest arguments against having social media be regulated by governments. Seeing the cruelty and violence of government unfiltered by media gatekeepers and in realtime is a good thing. Americans should have the opportunity to question their government's unwavering support for Israel and the consequences of their own imperialism. Of course social media can also be just as much a platform for propaganda and misinformation as traditional media, but it's also easier to undermine than traditional media. We need a way for the masses to be able to publish to the masses, and social media is currently the best option to allow that, even with its downsides.

thruway516 2y ago

>The left and the right both agree 100% on protecting Israel Sorry I call bull on this. In the first part of your comment you say 'agree 100%' and in the latter part you yourself say 'how low support has plummeted' and imply social media is to blame. In what way is 'low support' == 'agree 100%' ? It sounds like you're calling for some form of censorship to enforce 100% agreement.