Since a lot of people are talking about it due to both Druidposting and Contra's latest statements, let's discuss the anti-zionism, anti-semitism and anti-genocide movements.
Anti-genocide: being against the current cycle of murder, cultural erasure and occupation/eviction of Arabic Palestinians.
Anti-Zionism: Being against Zionism, which is the ideology in favor of sustaining, empowering and sometimes even expanding a Jewish state.
Anti-semitism: Hatred of Jewish people, sometimes to the point of outright advocation for violence against them.
We've seen lots of people (well intentioned and ill intentioned both) try to collapse these positions into the same thing, or otherwise blur the line. We're rhetorically responsible for preventing that from happening, as it almost never happens to the benefit of innocent people.
Anti-genocide: being against the current cycle of murder, cultural erasure and occupation/eviction of Arabic Palestinians.
Anti-Zionism: Being against Zionism, which is the ideology in favor of sustaining, empowering and sometimes even expanding a Jewish state.
Anti-semitism: Hatred of Jewish people, sometimes to the point of outright advocation for violence against them.
We've seen lots of people (well intentioned and ill intentioned both) try to collapse these positions into the same thing, or otherwise blur the line. We're rhetorically responsible for preventing that from happening, as it almost never happens to the benefit of innocent people.
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If you want my perspective, anti-genocide advocacy can and should be our focus, and we should make it abundantly clear that that's what we're talking about.
While I'm also an anti-Zionist, (I don't believe in ethnostates in general, especially not ethnostates built by displacing and discriminating against native populations) I don't believe that's exactly a winnable battle at the moment, and advocating for such an extremely controversial opinion in tandem with something that IS a winnable fight (anti-genocide) has, actually, done tangible damage to the anti-genocide cause.
This is not to say we should stop holding anti-Zionist beliefs and should stop trying to expand the anti-zionist network in our personal lives, rather that letting anti-zionism BECOME SYNONYMOUS with the anti-genocide movement is actively shrinking the coalition of a potentially successful movement.
As for anti-semites?
NAZI PUNKS FUCK OFF
While I'm also an anti-Zionist, (I don't believe in ethnostates in general, especially not ethnostates built by displacing and discriminating against native populations) I don't believe that's exactly a winnable battle at the moment, and advocating for such an extremely controversial opinion in tandem with something that IS a winnable fight (anti-genocide) has, actually, done tangible damage to the anti-genocide cause.
This is not to say we should stop holding anti-Zionist beliefs and should stop trying to expand the anti-zionist network in our personal lives, rather that letting anti-zionism BECOME SYNONYMOUS with the anti-genocide movement is actively shrinking the coalition of a potentially successful movement.
As for anti-semites?
NAZI PUNKS FUCK OFF
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As many have pointed out in the comments, yes, Zionism is ultimately and inseparably tied to the Palestinian genocide. In the long term, the idea of a Jewish ethnostate (especially one built at the expense of Palestinians) must be abandoned, as ethnostates built on native backs always involve displacement and oppression. I'm not arguing against this point, instead, I'm making the case that convincing people to abandon the ethnostate project altogether isn't a sell you can currently make in places (like the US and Israel specifically) where the *majority opinion* is still "Israel has a right to defend itself."
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