The more things change the more they stay the same

  • TheStaffmaster@lemmy.world
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    10 days ago

    A position that I’ve literally had gagged on me before is that “I don’t hate Jews. I hate THOSE Jews specifically BECAUSE they are committing a genocide AND trying to start WW3.”

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      10 days ago

      It’s valid. Kind of like…“I don’t hate those ten guys who are very similar, I just hate that one guy from those ten who keep stabbing people in the neck”.

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      10 days ago

      Yes…disliking someone based on their actions is legitimate, disliking someone because they are part of a specific ethnic/religious group is not.

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        10 days ago

        That level of thinking is deeper than people want to do now, if they’re even still capable of it. The dominant process is to take in minimal information, decide who gets a black hat or white hat as quickly as possible, scroll to the next item, repeat.

      • TheStaffmaster@lemmy.world
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        9 days ago

        exactly. Some of my favorite people are jewish! John Stewart, Mel Brooks, Bernie Sanders, Sarah Silverman, Fran Drescher, Volodymyr Zelensky, All of them are fantastic people!