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ITV news coverage of this was disgusting, IIRC they were fearmongering and calling it another case of increasingly more common anti-semitic attacks on jews as well as terrorism. Even just the tone of voice by the newsreader was awful to listen to because if a Zionist stabbed two Arab muslims instead, it likely wouldn’t even be covered by them, if it was the attacker would be considered a rogue, crazy individual and not at all linked to any kind of ideology or particular prejudice.
I feel sorry for the victims and they shouldn’t be used as pawns in this grander Zionist narrative but I just wanted to point out this insane bias and unequal coverage.
I have gotten Four bbc news notifications about this. Four. Last time there was a synagogue attack, I got like six or seven. One or two, maybe the breaking news, and then maybe one at the end of the day if there’s something important that happened worth mentioning, but I do not want rolling coverage of this event. One was enough
There’s no crisis, people are stabbed all the time, this is manufactured consent. The idea that there is a correlation between this and pensioners with signs is preposterous. Especially from a Home Secretary who appears to be a terrorist by her own definition
I think when people get stabbed it often makes national news, and that’s even more true when there is a terrorist motivation, which appears to be the case with these two Jewish men being stabbed.
Anyway, I think people should absolutely be free to protest against Israel’s bombing of Gaza, and other awful things done by Israel’s government and military.
However, I think it might be right to limit expressions of hatred based on ethnicity or religion. Whether it’s hatred towards Jews, towards Muslims, towards Christians, towards black people, towards white people, etc.
How so?
I think they’re saying a person who got stabbed, which people do, just happened to be a zio shit bag.
Which was going yohappen given how fuckers be stabbing.
They’re saying there wasn’t necessarily a corellation between the being zio scum and the being stabbed.
Are all zionists “scum”? Here’s a definition of “zionism” I found:
I know some people think that Zionism is bad because it’s supposedly a settler-colonialist idea, but you could argue that many of today’s countries are similar. The USA and Australia were both colonised by Europeans, much of modern Russia was colonised by people from around Moscow, much of China (e.g. Tibet) is basically under the colonial rule of Beijing.
Maybe the important thing is for people in Israel and Palestine to be able to live in peace, and ideally in a free and fair democracy. Whether that’s in a single state, or in two states, or some other configuration.
Is “zio shit bag” a new slur for Jews?
Not all Jews are Zionists, not all Zionists are Jews. This isn’t hard.
Do we know that the victims here were/are zionists?
It is precisely this kind of thing that will increase violence and hatred towards Jews, because people see they get priority over protesting genocide.
Isn’t this victim blaming?
The rich kid at school is protected by the principal and teachers no matter what he does. The rich kid knows this and bullies, harasses, and is a monster to everyone. Then one day a bunch of his classmates run into him at the park, no teachers, no principals, just a group of angry people that have had no recourse for years and a person that has been placed above them.
Now, I’m not saying that Jewish people in the US and Europe deserve to be attacked. No one deserves to be attacked for their religion. But when Israel is demanding that Zionists safe spaces be placed at all public institutions while punishing anyone who says Palestinians deserve to not be bombed, people quickly grow resentful of that protected class.
So you’re applying the money stereotype to Jewish people…
No? The Jews who suffer from this aren’t the ones doing “this kind of thing”.
