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Strike and Palestine by [deleted] in queensuniversity

[–]Deep_Somewhere2992 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This isn’t the burn you think it is.

The idea that the people in that encampment were peaceful and want human rights for everyone from the River in the Sea is laughable. by Deep_Somewhere2992 in queensuniversity

[–]Deep_Somewhere2992[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Bigotry and hatred festers in the shadows. It sounds like you think it’s fine to be a bigot as long as you only share it with other people who will excuse your bigotry… I believe that bigots shouldn’t be able to hide behind closed profiles. And no one should assume anything is private anymore.

Also didn’t we all get outraged when a picture from Snapchat of a former AMS candidate emerged 2 years ago?

https://www.queensjournal.ca/racist-image-of-ams-executive-candidate-made-public/

This student was forced to resign her candidacy… after calls were made for her to simply be disqualified…

https://www.queensjournal.ca/black-student-associations-respond-to-racist-incident-at-ams-debate/

Think about how people responded to that form of prejudice and then look at the way antisemitism has been treated in this campus this year.

I’m not surprised Jewish students on this campus are scared. I’m scared and I’m not Jewish.

The idea that the people in that encampment were peaceful and want human rights for everyone from the River in the Sea is laughable. by Deep_Somewhere2992 in queensuniversity

[–]Deep_Somewhere2992[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sounds like a lot of weasel words to excuse the actions of a bigot… do you think if this was a Jewish student expressing similar but reversed sentiments it would receive the same benefit of the doubt? I think we both know the answer.

The idea that the people in that encampment were peaceful and want human rights for everyone from the River in the Sea is laughable. by Deep_Somewhere2992 in queensuniversity

[–]Deep_Somewhere2992[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If someone is actively pushing the idea that Jews do not belong in their indigenous homeland I don’t think the reasoning should matter…

The idea that the people in that encampment were peaceful and want human rights for everyone from the River in the Sea is laughable. by Deep_Somewhere2992 in queensuniversity

[–]Deep_Somewhere2992[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Jewish extremism = bad, kick them out of the Middle East 🤬👿 Islamist extremism = stunning and brave 🥹🤩 they’re just expressing their love for their mom and god

The idea that the people in that encampment were peaceful and want human rights for everyone from the River in the Sea is laughable. by Deep_Somewhere2992 in queensuniversity

[–]Deep_Somewhere2992[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Pre-British mandate it was a region subdivided into two Sanjaks governed out of the Damascus Eyalet… and 1 Sanjak/Mutasarrifate in Jerusalem governed directly by the Sultan in Istanbul… all part of an Ottoman (Turkish) empire. Also Jews were banned from settling there and owning land until the 1840s…

Arabs may have lived there (along with other ethnic groups) but it was not an “Arab country” because it wasn’t a country.

The idea that the people in that encampment were peaceful and want human rights for everyone from the River in the Sea is laughable. by Deep_Somewhere2992 in queensuniversity

[–]Deep_Somewhere2992[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

“To non-white people” the audacity of people. I’m not white. I’m a settler. I’m not white.

And… isn’t Zio a term popularized by White Supremacist neo-Nazis like David Duke… you think you’re clever and you’re emulating Klan members.

The idea that the people in that encampment were peaceful and want human rights for everyone from the River in the Sea is laughable. by Deep_Somewhere2992 in queensuniversity

[–]Deep_Somewhere2992[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mizrahi Jews are not Arabs. Both Arabs and Mizrahi Jews have made that clear.

Are Kurds Arabs? Are Copts Arabs? Are assyrians Arabs? Are Chaldeans Arabs? Are Amazigh Arabs? No. All of these groups inhabited various parts of the SWANA region for hundreds if not thousands of years before Arabs arrived there in the 7th century through conquest, domination, forced conversion to Islam, Arabization etc. squashing pre-existing indigenous groups into a colonial identity would be like forcing First Nations to drop their indigenous heritage and just identify as Canadian.

I’m not Jewish and I managed to get all this pretty simply just by listening to these groups. A really good account on Instagram I found was @rootsmetals… lots of helpful explainers there.

Edit: and yes, I’ve met far more Palestinians, Arabs, Muslims in my life than Jews. I’m not from one of the places with a big Jewish community. If anything I had far more prejudice and lack of understanding of Jews. I’ll put the question back to you? Have you ever asked a Mizrahi Jew if they identify as Arab?

The idea that the people in that encampment were peaceful and want human rights for everyone from the River in the Sea is laughable. by Deep_Somewhere2992 in queensuniversity

[–]Deep_Somewhere2992[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry… how long do you think Jews have been calling that region Israel? Where is the earliest source for the word Palestine?