I hope I will not get downvoted because I’m genuinely wondering
Lemmy almost has no users from neither Israel or Palestine, however most of communities filled with Anti Israel content, I even tried muting all news related communities, but now I see anti Israel content in completely unrelated communities, like [email protected] and [email protected]
Is there a reason why Lemmy is so fixated on Israel/Palestine? Neither of other world conflicts get even close in terms of attention. It’s neither a case on my microblogging Fediverse account or my most “algoritmic” social media, even kbin part of the Threadiverse seems not as obsessed with it, what’s so different about Lemmy?
(Sorry for a bit clickbait-y title)
Edit: I actually might take down this post because half of people in replies completely misunderstood it
Of course you will get downvoted because there is no nuance with those people (often Tankies or „anticolonional“/„antiimperial“ leftists) and when they hate on „Israel“ and „Zionism“, they more often than not, mean „Jews“.
And exactly those people are part of the reason that Jews are scared for their life all over the world.
As someone that considers himself a leftist, even by European standards, I am honestly disgusted by those people. I think „those people“ are willing to betray left values as long it is about Israel or Jews. Many of them even lack basic human empathy as long as „only“ Jews and/or Israelis are concerned.
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thanks @ElcaineVolta ! As you disapprove of my posts, I know I do the right things.
Oh whatever. I’m a Jew. Israel is committing genocide. It’s that simple. What they are doing is why I am scared for my life. Because they are radicalizing people against Jews through this genocide. Maybe you need a little empathy.
I don’t care what you claim to be.
Yeah, sure, because finding out what actual Jews think wouldn’t make you feel so condescendingly paternalistic over us.
“Claim to be”? You sound like a sad sack of shit.
There’s plenty of nuance to be had here, but there’s a clear cut reason as to why many are steering towards Anti-Israel, and it’s not Judaism.
It is true that Hamas has slaughtered innocent civilians, and Israel absolutely had to respond…
But how on Earth can you sit there and side with a country who’s reaction to a terrorist attack was to commit human rights violations and start a genocide against innocent civilians of that nationality?
Do you mean to tell me that bombing hundreds of innocent Palestinians, and then cutting off essential water and electricity to many more is a warranted response to any of this?
Also, since I keep seeing this - stop with the “Anti-Israel = Anti-Semite” crap - Israel is a Jewish state, not Judaism itself. This is the equivalent of saying Saudi Arbia represents all of Islam because of Mecca, or that the Vatican city represents all of Christianity.
Criticising Israel for playing a game of morality limbo with the Hamas isn’t an attack on Judaism, nor is it advocating for any kind of hatred towards Jewish people.
Though let’s be honest, if you won’t even take a Jewish person’s word for it that your take is shite, you’re never gonna take mine.
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Seems to me you’re willing to abandon left values when it pertains to Palestine.