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Not sure how your personal experience in Sweden with your parents applies other than that the label doesn't apply to your parents. My mom was very pro-Palestin
by _DeadFred_ 2y ago
Not sure how your personal experience in Sweden with your parents applies other than that the label doesn't apply to your parents.
My mom was very pro-Palestinian. She came to it from midwestern U.S. Irish/German Catholic doctrine. It very much had an anti-semitic component in that context. And it became apparent to her when I called out some of the attitudes/things people were saying as a kid. It's part of what caused me to adopt a default 'I'm going to challenge the popular narrative' position even though I'm not jewish, because even my mom unintentionally had accepted it and incorporated it into herself.
- bjornsing 2y agoCan’t speak for your mother of course, but I was talking about more people than my parents. A lot more.
- _DeadFred_ 2y agoAnd I was pointing out it's not really useful to go by anecdotal evidence. Especially to anecdotal evidence from the other side of the world when it comes to political issues in another nation. The midwestern catholic block I grew up in actually makes up more than my mother. Which again highlights your anecdotal evidence/experience/understanding being a Sweden centric view that doesn't comprehensively understands the U.S. centric topic at hand.