It’s because (so far!) Lemmy and the Fediverse in general seems to lean left, and we can have more productive discussions without the anti-Semites out there looking to use critique of Israel as a way to smear Jewish people and rehash tired racist tropes.
On places like reddit it is sadly because there is so much of that racist dogwhistling behind critiques of Israel, conflating the works of the Israeli government and certain Israeli citizens as representing everything that it means to be Jewish worldwide. It’s hard to have productive discussions in that environment, and it’s hard to trust every random person you run into in that environment. It sucks, but I understand it.
Pretty sure that was part of the point I was making considering I’m the one who called Israel an apartheid state.
On larger websites, with more “normies,” you have more Nazis who are looking to use valid critiques of Israel as a gateway to pushing anti-Semitism. It’s purposeful by using dogwhistles and long forgotten racist iconography and imagery. It gives people who want to give a valid critique of Israel and it’s policies a bad name, and thus a lot of people jump down your throat assuming you’re arguing in bad faith on places like reddit.
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It’s because (so far!) Lemmy and the Fediverse in general seems to lean left, and we can have more productive discussions without the anti-Semites out there looking to use critique of Israel as a way to smear Jewish people and rehash tired racist tropes.
On places like reddit it is sadly because there is so much of that racist dogwhistling behind critiques of Israel, conflating the works of the Israeli government and certain Israeli citizens as representing everything that it means to be Jewish worldwide. It’s hard to have productive discussions in that environment, and it’s hard to trust every random person you run into in that environment. It sucks, but I understand it.
Criticising Israel and calling out their apartheid state does not make somebody antisemitic.
Pretty sure that was part of the point I was making considering I’m the one who called Israel an apartheid state.
On larger websites, with more “normies,” you have more Nazis who are looking to use valid critiques of Israel as a gateway to pushing anti-Semitism. It’s purposeful by using dogwhistles and long forgotten racist iconography and imagery. It gives people who want to give a valid critique of Israel and it’s policies a bad name, and thus a lot of people jump down your throat assuming you’re arguing in bad faith on places like reddit.