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Yes. I know. I'm not making myself clear.
I don't think trying to be a thoughtful consumer necessarily implies any opinion in regards to Palestine. One does not follow from the other.
Of course, I personally do think it makes sense to also support Palestinians and want the IDF to fuck off out of there - because that's my opinion so obviously I think it makes the most sense (why else would that be my opinion). But I'm very certain there are people who want to consume thoughtfully and also support Israel (and there is no contradiction in this that I can see). Again, not me.
All I'm saying is that these are separate things that don't affect each other (at least not directly). I don't understand how the people in OP's post come to the conclusion that buyeuropean=zionist. I also wouldn't understand if they concluded buyeuropean=non-zionist (but it would make a bit more sense to me personally because I'm biased towards my own opinion, as is everyone).
Perhaps Iโm misunderstanding something somewhere. The original post seems to be saying, โdonโt assume just because we support buying European we support Israel/Zionismโ.
Movements that lean towards buying local often have a political leaning as well, I know thatโs often the case in the US anyway that they lean right-wing (but not always like many union workers who support buying domestically but lean left).
I think the post is, โyeah we support X movement but we also support Y. Donโt assume youโre welcome here with that bullshit.โ Which weโre on Lemmy, so it makes perfect sense a โbuy localโ movement would not support Zionism and modern settler colonialism.
Why is it not ok to buy from the US but it is ok to buy from an occupation regime that is currently starving, maiming and shooting children? Genuinely curious, the occupation regime of west palestines evil is way more out in the open than the US's.
I did not say that and I don't know where you got that from.
how can you consume thoughtfully and support a genocidal entity, it seems like an open contradiction to me
That person is being dense on purpose. Read between the lines.