I’ve had several instances in the past few weeks in which I’ve spoken to otherwise politically oblivious people and heard actual condemnation of the genocide. Followed up with the conflation of Israel with Jews, ascribing all the awful shit the piece of shit country to Jews in general.

Who could have possibly seen this coming?

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[–] tocopherol@hexbear.net 33 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Here here, I'm tired of hearing that the rise of fascism or Zionism has anything to do with the messaging from the left. A child can understand it, Jews and Israel are separate things, I knew it as a kid, the left is as clear as can be on this matter. Zionists and fascists have purposely conflated the two since the start of the Zionist project, and called any criticism of Israel antisemitism, while also propping up literal antisemites through support of militant right wing groups in the US and elsewhere.

The propaganda arm of the US and Zionists is much more widespread than any leftist voice, how can we be blamed when the masses fall for their traps?