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  • I also don’t understand how one can frame Israel as a colonial project. To add to your statement about the Mizrahi jews:

    Yes, Israel doesn’t exist within the borders of 1967 that are often seen as a basis for a two state solution. There are definitely occupied areas. This does not however change the fact that the existence of Israel in the middle east is enshrined in international law and what exactly it’s future borders will be has been subject to debates for a long time. But what’s not debatable is the legality of Israel. Israel is not a foreign body in the region but it has an undeniable right to exist.

    I feel like many statements about “colonialism” in this context do not consider international law at all. People not respecting the principles of the rule of law makes me very suspicious with regard to their intentions.


  • Yeah maybe the unions should be reminded of their duties too instead of spending time on issuing one-sided statements that are borderline cringe.

    Wtf? Do they think there’s some romantic revolutionary energy they need to be spreading on a topic that consists of nothing but useless violence and suffering for so many civilians in the middle east?

    Also who in the world do they think cares about embarrassing statements and lip service about solidarity from some freshman students from York? This really has nothing to with critical thinking skills. In fact it’s rather proof of the opposite of that concept.



  • But the whole meme is pointless. Seems like calling out that these people shouldn’t have been allowed to be part of a new society after the nazi state was destroyed. It’s not that easy no matter how much people like to draw history and the world as a whole as black and white.

    For example Hallstein: He was never a member of the NSDAP. Yes, he fought in WW2 for the Germans but after the war he was a leading figure in the new democratic German academia and afterwards worked towards having Germany integrated into international institutions.

    For anyone who thinks it’s a good idea to punish every last one who was part of a criminal, even cruel and inhumane movement: Look at Iraq. So many people who were part of Saddams party, even teachers, bureaucrats and whatnot… They where mostly expelled from society and a potential rehabilitation. And the direct consequence of these actions was the formation of ISIS because these people didn’t have a perspective in the new state and society. So being very consequential, as all things, can have very unforeseen (but actually quite forseeable) consequences.






  • Multiple arguments have been made: Basic human rights, the need for a differentiated view on religions instead of sweeping condemnation of a single religion whatsoever, etc.

    With no word I or the user before me excused any crime committed by christians. So why imply that we did just that?

    You know nothing about our beliefs. We could be agnostics of even atheists. Yet you insinuate we are like cult members in a direct ad hominem attack… Why?

    You can condemn crimes committed by religious people all day, perfectly okay. But it is hate speech to discriminate against the beliefs of ALL members of a religion no matter who they are of what they did.

    If you think that truly all christians are hypocritical and evil, you are being extremly unfair. And if you think that the world would be a better and less violent place if only religions didn’t exist, you’re delusional.


  • I only see one hateful person in this thread and it isn’t the guy rightfully pointing out basic human and constitutional rights whom you are trying to frame as a fascist.

    It’s very simplistic to blame religions for heinous crimes committed by humans over centuries. Crimes have been committed in the name of every religion on earth.

    But in every religion there are countless good-hearted people who try hard to live up to their ideals. There is much more to religion than just bigots.

    So please: Stop your hatespeech.