Post #2636801

2026-05-16 20:54 UTC

“Criticism of Russia is not treated as hatred towards Russians. Opposition to American wars is not automatically framed as hostility towards Americans as a people. Protest against the Chinese government is not assumed to be anti-Chinese racism. Only when it comes to Israel does this distinction repeatedly collapse. That collapse carries consequences.“ https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/5/16/britain-is-losing-the-ability-to-tell-anti-semitism-from-dissent

Replies (5)

@haui@mastodon.giftedmc.com 2026-05-16 21:26

@andrewg@mastodon.ie Yes but, critique if britain is treated as hostile while critique of russia and china is ecouraged, the more racist the better. Critique of the usa and germany is treated as neutral. This all is insane projection. Its a sign of a completely degenerate state.

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@LevZadov@kolektiva.social 2026-05-16 22:10

@andrewg@mastodon.ie Anti-Zionism is not antisemitism for the same reason that anti-Nazism isn't anti-Germanism. Germans have a right to live in Europe, at peace and unmolested by their neighbors. They do not have the right to rule the place just because they are German. The same goes for Jews in #OccupiedPalestine

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@Beggarmidas@mastodon.social 2026-05-16 23:13

@andrewg@mastodon.ie eh, whut? Are you smoking crack? Both China AND russia claim that exact very thing ALL the time. Anyone who criticizes CHina is a SImophobe. ANyone who doesn't agree with russian bullshit is automatically a slavophobe. Pretty much every fucking nation that has ever been has used this cheap shot for ALL OF RECORDED HISTORY. What the ACTUAL fuck is wrong with your head, boy? Do you just NOT read history or world GEOPOL beyond your present point of fixation at ALL?

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@random_regret@kolektiva.social 2026-05-17 06:20

@andrewg@mastodon.ie There are parts of the Antideutsch movement that see Anti-Americanism as a type of veiled Antisemitism. Because America=East Coast=Jews. I'm not kidding, these people are insane. The same people who celebrate the Dresden bombing every year so what can you say.

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@felipeB@hachyderm.io 2026-05-17 16:04

@andrewg@mastodon.ie unlike the 3 examples israelis are genuinely complete assholes, the ones I've met irl were fully onboard with the genocide arguing killing can be good if it's for a "greater good"

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