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Don't worry; the recent TikTok acquisition will take care of that. As an aside, it's funny/interesting how the Gaza War has completely consumed the political c
by churchill 1y ago
Don't worry; the recent TikTok acquisition will take care of that.
As an aside, it's funny/interesting how the Gaza War has completely consumed the political capital Israel spent decades accumulating in the West. A significant percentage of people who used to have no political opinions whatsoever now see Israel as a transparently genocidal terrorist state.
I mean, what other conclusion can they reach: the average human might say nasty things on the internet but they don't like bombing tens of thousands of babies, women, healthcare workers, journalists, and civilians. When you do that, repeatedly, you're going to attract displeasure.
The last bastion of support for Israel I see are the American evangelicals who believe the whole 'chosen people' shtick. But, their children's generation are mostly either irreligious, Israel-skeptic, or outright embracing people like Fuentes.
If Israel doesn't secure a lasting solution to their misadventures in their region, once this generation dies off, that'll be the end of the rope for them.
Also, the upsurge in criticism of Israel has forced them to show their cards. A few years ago, if you implied Israel & its proxies exercised significant control of the media, you'd have been called an antisemite. Now, you have Netanyahu bragging about the TikTok acquisition (by a card-carrying Zionist) and fmr. congressman Gallagher confirming that forcing the sale was because of Israel, and the only conclusion you can reach about Ellison's media purchases and the silencing of Israel-critical voices is that, yep, Israel definitely has too much power in Western media spaces.
PS: copied this comment from another thread. Relevant, so i thought I'd share.
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- churchill 1y agoYes, I know it's happening right now, but there are evangelical boomer types that i expect to carry their Zionism to the grave. Fun fact: Pew research recently published a chart/matrix [0] showing how different religious groups in the US see each other and evangelicals had a +37 favorable rating for Jews, while vice versa, it was something shocking like -50 unfavourability/dislike. Utter contempt. Not surprising to anyone in the know though that the Jewish community largely despise evangelicals & Christians while the other sides falls over themselves to be friendly. [0]: https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/1i2rf1z/what_do_religious_people_think_of_each_other_pew/ https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/1i2rf1z/wh...