The image was taken by a former director of communications for Israel and spread by a pro-Israel lobby group to smear Palestinians.
  • IninewCrow@lemmy.caEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Where was the outrage when actual white supremacists were flying actual Nazi flags as part of the Freedom Convoy. And they didn’t just fly Nazi flags … three percenters, don’t trend on me, confederate flags, soldiers of Odin … groups that are either far right, white supremacist, neo-Nazi or sympathize with these movements.

    This recent example is a protester equating Nazism to Zionism … it doesn’t say they are supporting Nazism, it’s trying to convey that Zionism is like Nazism. Like the story points out … someone presenting an image doesn’t always mean they support it.

    Context matters and politicians are always ready to feign ignorance in order to send a quick message.

    At the Freedom Convoy, white supremacists flew actual Nazi flags for one reason only … because they themselves supported Nazism. And it wasn’t just one instance in one moment, some of those flags stayed for weeks.

      • Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml
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        10 months ago

        They didn’t care. The only thing they really commented on is that they made a lot of noise and sometimes blocked the roads. You had what basically amounted to an invasion from America and they downplayed that shit so hard that I bet you didn’t know they were Americans.

  • grte@lemmy.ca
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    10 months ago

    Even just looking at the image the guy is clearly drawing a parallel between Nazi Germany and Israel rather than flying a swastika as an expression of their personal beliefs.