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  • I thought zionism was a belief that Israel should exist.

    From WordNet ® 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

    Zionism

    n 1: a policy for establishing and developing a national homeland for Jews in Palestine

    2: a movement of world Jewry that arose late in the 19th century with the aim of creating a Jewish state in Palestine [syn: {Zionism}, {Zionist movement}]

    therefore I’ve always taken anyone who says,“I’m not antisemetic, I just think Israel shouldn’t exist (IE, anti-zionist)” is a closet antisemite at best. Like a smug dork saying,“I’m not Republican, I’m Libertarian!” And I don’t really thinks it’s a game of semantics. It is semantics.

    I can say that I really think the current Israeli gov’t should be exiled on St. Helena and not allowed to leave or communicate forever, but that doesn’t mean I’m anti-zionist. People who are anti-zionist seem to only have a selective and limited knowledge of a few thousand years of the history of the area.

    Edit: Wow. A lot of “fuck the Jews” (historically from the area and persecuted in every surrounding country). Also a lot of “no, that means what I want it to mean, not what the word’s definition is”. Very right wingy. One of the topics I once again failed to keep away from. Freaking third rail on Lemmy to say anything about the problems in the mideast other than,“It’s the Jews fault.” I agree, fuck the settlers and the Israeli gov’t right now, but that doesn’t seem to matter. Again, very right wingy. Something doesn’t work to satisfaction, so instead of fixing it, just get rid of it. Seems like the current US gov’t approach to “fixing”.