I can sniff you from afar

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Cake day: November 9th, 2022
  • deathtoreddit@lemmygrad.mltoGenZedong@lemmygrad.ml•Text post: Unfalsifiable Orthodoxy in the 21st century
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    14 days ago

    That reminds me

    If China or more especially DPRK didn’t do that certain atrocity, they would then say something along the lines of “but their country is so wacky and insane that the story would’ve made sense anyway”

    Insert Masses Elites and Rebels quote

    Westerners want to believe that other places are worse off, exactly how Americans and Canadians perennially flatter themselves by attacking each others’ decaying health-care systems, or how a divorcee might fantasize that their ex-lover’s blooming love-life is secretly miserable. This kind of “crab mentality” is actually a sophisticated coping mechanism suitable for an environment in which no other course of action seems viable. Cognitive dissonance, the kind that eventually spurs one into becoming intolerant of the status quo and into action, is initially unpleasant and scary for everybody. In this way, we can begin to understand the benefit that “victims” of propaganda derive from carelessly “spreading awareness.” Their efforts feed an ambient propaganda haze of controversy and scandal and wariness that suffocates any painful optimism (or jealousy) and ensuing sense of duty one might otherwise feel from a casual glance at the amazing things happening elsewhere. People aren’t “falling” for atrocity propaganda; they’re eagerly seeking it out, like a soothing balm.

  • deathtoreddit@lemmygrad.mltoComradeship // Freechat@lemmygrad.ml•I got banned from Hexbear (in my opinion!) unreasonably, cannot appeal the ban or anything because my account is based in Lemmygrad
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    18 days ago

    Sympathy for your loss. I hope they unban you (don’t make the same mistake though, you have to be clear you’re talking of ‘anti-semitism’ in relation to Israel)

    If you’re talking about Israel, I’m sure they don’t give a shit

    In the brief period where the post was up, I did not receive any real counter arguments, only people flinging insults who clearly either did not understand the text I wrote or didn’t even read through it. I was then of course banned. I expected the forum named @askchapo to be open to discussion.

    Really? Let’s see the comments

    plinky (polite)

    i mean, if they support existence of isntreal, they are nazis, and why are you arguing with nazis? shrug-outta-hecks if they don’t then you can talk.

    that’s leaving aside that anti-semitism is socialism of fools and things of that nature.

    Le_Wokisme (not polite)

    you should always give a shit about nazis because they came for communists and trans people first you fucking bellend

    Dirt_Owl (not polite)

    Nah, fuck off. Jews are still targeted by actual anti-semites. The Trump admin are open Nazis saluting on stage. Right now they hate arabs more than Jews, but mark my words, If they ever succeed in their Muslim genocide, you bet the Jews are next on the block. That’s how fascism works. Conflating all Jews with Zionism is stupid and borderline anti-Semitic imo.

    tocopherol (polite yet somewhat addresses your argument)

    Israel exists in the name of Zionism, not Judaism. We should care about antisemitism because it’s a scapegoat used by fascists, many still push the idea that a Jewish cabal runs the world behind the scenes. If more fascists get power we could see more violence and dehumanizing rhetoric about Jewish people. I think it’s useful to push back against any sort of widespread bigotry, and there is still widespread bigotry against Jewish people.

    Further, I don’t believe Jewish people are integrated into ‘whiteness’. Many could pass but as a group they are currently seen as useful allies to Christian Zionists and the western right, they will be thrown under the bus when the time comes. According to the prevailing western fascist doctrine they are still impure non-whites

    imogen_underscore (unsure)

    not sure about this one

    So far you got only 2 unpolite and uninformed comments…