We’re all very good at talking to ourselves and to others who are already convinced. But we all too often…

Sat 2 Mar 2024

“Alex McDonald’s When They Speak Israel, reviewed here by Steve Grant, explains to all of us how to engage. His basic assumption is that while some Zionists are dyed-in-the-wool racists or ethnonationalists, most are not. They sincerely believe they oppose racism but have been taught that support for Israel is justified — if not a solemn moral duty.”

    • eldavi@lemmy.ml
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      12 days ago

      i’d like to think that this is true.

      my ancestors were genocided out of existence this in this country 100 years or so ago and i think that they would find this situation extremely familiar; especially in regards to gaza; and this comes after decades worth of the “trail of tears” paragraph in american history books.

      i think that today’s public opinion is manufactured like consent is; how else can something like a genocide be treated the way it is when we should know better after doing so many and advocated against it for so long?