• Andy@slrpnk.net
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    1 year ago

    Oof. I just want to say as a Jew that is constantly trying to dispel the myth of Jewish media conspiracies, Zuck really isn’t doing us any favors here.

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      1 year ago

      He’s and asshole regardless of his lineage, not because of it. Just so you know someone else out here has a little grounding in reality.

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        1 year ago

        Thanks, though unfortunately it’s not people like yourself (who understand such things) that worry me.

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          i still wait for the day when i can criticize the state of israel and some of it’s policies without getting branded as an antisemite.

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            1 year ago

            And those of us Jews who don’t support the state of Israel can’t wait for the day we stop getting tied to it just because we’re Jews. So there’s problems both ways.

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              1 year ago

              I’m also waiting on the day where Israel isn’t marked for extermination by multiple countries/terrorist organizations.

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            1 year ago

            You can. I do. As a Jew and as someone who has family living in Jerusalem who all hate Bibi and what he stands for. Fuck Bibi and fuck the Knesset. And fuck Zuck too.

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            1 year ago

            If you’re talking about Lemmy users, I think that day is already here. If you’re talking about far right Zionists and ultraorthodox Jewish supremacists, then never. Between these two ends is where you find the mainstream gatekeepers of information like Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerburg, the Sulzburger family (who own the NYTimes), Jeffrey Bezos (who owns the Washington Post), etc.

            I think the democratization of information is probably the most important step towards creating space to speak openly about human rights abuses anywhere, regardless of how powerful the people responsible are.

    • tryptaminev 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺@feddit.de
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      1 year ago

      Well, not so much a conspiracy, but Israel is employing social media propaganda, similiar to the infamous russian “troll factories”. It was often very well noticeable on reddit, as sometimes two different accounts posted the exact same comment with pro Israeli talking points. Their main target is facebook and other large plattforms though.

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      1 year ago

      As a guy wholly descended from the peoples of the British Isles, I have a similar feeling, only in my case, it really is true that my people have trashed the world for their personal benefit.

      Granted that the Irish side of my family was never entirely on board.