• NewAcctWhoDis [any]
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    1 year ago

    I like how they slip this in at the end of a paragraph

    In the UK, a headmaster at a Jewish school gave his students permission to not wear their uniforms, so that they would be less identifiable to hoodlums glorying in the moment and looking to beat Jews up.

    Technically it's a statement of fact, but it's an attempt to launder the opinion of some random guy no one has heard of or cares about as if it represents an objective reality that students were in danger. The author makes no attempt to justify it; we're just supposed to believe that the headmaster was correct. It's either bad writing or sleezy, your call.

    Also, does anyone have more info about antisemitism at the rally? The linked article doesn't give any examples in the free portion.

    • VILenin [he/him]M
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      1 year ago

      Palestinians are being genocided, but the real victims are white Jews thousands of miles away, because they might hypothetically be assaulted by “hoodlums”, which is definitely a real possibility because some random dude is fearmongering about it.

      • Mardoniush [she/her]
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        1 year ago

        Also I'm sure this hasn't caused middle easterners and muslims to experience an even bigger uptick in violence against them in western countries. We definitely don't have a history of that.

        • VILenin [he/him]M
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          1 year ago

          Especially now that resistance is basically illegal.

    • LeninWeave [none/use name]
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      1 year ago

      Technically it's a statement of fact, but it's an attempt to launder the opinion of some random guy no one has heard of or cares about as if it represents an objective reality that students were in danger. The author makes no attempt to justify it; we're just supposed to believe that the headmaster was correct. It's either bad writing or sleezy, your call.

      UK gammons being freakish racists also has absolutely nothing to do with Palestine or Palestinians.