• BadOP
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    13 天前

    Out of my dozen of comics and memes unambiguously criticizing Israel, this is the only one doing what you are complaining about.

    If anything, my content is doing the opposite, calling out people who weaponize antisemitism as a way to deflect antizionism.

    However, there are some people whose criticism of Israel enters the realm of conspiracy theories about jews controlling the world, some of them occasionally showing up in spaces I frequent. Being jewish myself, I made this one meme to vent out about it, literally just one among the rest of my content, just one small meme in years of making content. Although you don’t know me and my work so couldn’t know what I stand for, it’s a very disheartening reply to get on this one piece of content, which is, imo, perfectly legitimate, perfectly clear, and undeserving of this callout since it clearly singles out people who call themselves conspiracy theorists.

    Had do a lot of zen gardening in my head while writing this or it’d have contained some extremely harsh words.

    • Deceptichum@quokk.auBanned from community
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      Mate, I don’t go to your website to read your memes and comics

      All I know is what I can see on display, and what I can see on display seems more like an attempt at conflating a legit antisemitism with antizionism.

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        13 天前

        Reading comprehender.

        The meme clearly targets a small subset of people who call themselves conspiracy theorists. It’s very explicitly stated. Hard to misunderstand. Legitimate antizionists don’t call themselves conspiracy theorists. The target is clearly far right antisemites.

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          While posting them alongside calling out Israeli crimes, you are at the very least unintentionally working to conflate the two concepts.

          Frankly the inclusion of Israeli crimes is unnecessary to call out legit antisemitism.

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            13 天前

            The mythical reading comprehender.

            Notice how in the meme, the character looks happy when they meet someone calling out israeli crimes.

            Of all the places/platforms I shared this, most of which are far leftist and staunchly antizionist, you are the one and only person that lacked the reading comprehension skills required to see that this meme addresses the issue of people conflating antisemitism with antizionism, makes it abundantly clear that the meme is about a small subset of people.

            I’m allowed to vent about conspiratorial antisemitism still being a pervasive issue in western society. Even in the context of an ongoing genocide, the topic is not off limits, as long as it’s presented in a clear antizionist context. And you’re allowed to go eat shit and maybe some glass shards too. Just something you’re allowed to do. For fun. If you ever want to. Have a good time.

            • Deceptichum@quokk.auBanned from community
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              13 天前

              Yes, I get it you lack reading comprehensions because you have not listened to a thing I’ve said.

              Putting these two subjects side by side like this, reinforces a connection between criticism of Israels actions and antisemitism. I don’t know how to make this moire abundantly clear to you, but please actually comment on what I’ve fucking said and not your strawman about me not seeing what you’re trying to do with the meme (“target a small subset of antisemites”).

              Enjoy your petty insults mate. There’s clearly no point bothering with that nonsense.

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                i’m sorry but i fail to understand your issue.

                from experience: if you meet a guy who hates israel it could be for reasons like it being a settler colonial state that perpetrates a genocide on people.

                of they could criticize it from the “conspiracy theorist” viewpoint that israel is part of the “globalist” shadow government filled with jews that want to control you and make your kids trans or some bullshit - these people are generally also very fond of hitler or call the holocaust a conspiracy hoax

                OP’s meme clearly depicts meeting these kinds of people. people who are this far down the rabbithole fill me with disgust.

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                13 天前

                Chew on the brick.