Who’s Afraid of Josh Shapiro? The Pennsylvania governor called Benjamin Netanyahu “one of the worst leaders of all time.” But anti-Israel activists don’t want him on the Democratic ticket. (www.theatlantic.com)

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[-] silence7@slrpnk.net -4 points 2 years ago

I disagree intensely. Using the language "anti-zionist" effectively tells those people that the end goal is to simply kill off the entire Jewish population of Israel, and is utterly alienating, and guarantees that you will never have significant support from them.

[-] WatDabney@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 years ago

Then... don't use that language.

I don't think we disagree fundamentally. Somehow, and I didn't see it coming (but probably should have), this has devolved into what you interpret as a dispute about a label.

For the record, I think labels are impediments to clear thought, and that there are few things that humans do that are more irrational, destructive, asinine and plain old stupid than substituting labels for ideas.

And I should've caught that that was where this was headed, and clarified to prevent it.

My point was never about the label "zionist" specifically. It was a broader point about the perception of the proper grouping of people.

Proactively grouping those Jews who support the state of Israel and wish to cooperate with its neighbors to ensure its survival with those who support the state of Israel and intend to murder and pillage in order to forcibly impose its existence on everyone else with no regard for their own desires is rather obviously not only contrary to simple human decency, but to logic and reason as well. It's wrong morally AND logically AND strategically.

I could not possibly care less what labels, if any, anyone might wish to use to distinguish between groupings. That doesn't matter in the slightest, or more precisely shouldn't matter in the slightest. The only thing that does matter is where the divisions are seen to lie. And that's a very simple matter - are we going to divide between Jews and non-Jews? Or are we going to divide between reasonable people who seek peace and raging assholes who seek war?

[-] silence7@slrpnk.net 0 points 2 years ago

I don't use that language. Quite deliberately.

I'm making the point because I see others using it in a way that basically guarantees that the Palestinians will continue to suffer.

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