r/worldnewsvideo • u/PlenitudeOpulence Plenty 🩺🧬💜 • Apr 27 '24

Live Video 🌎 “The Empire Did Nothing Wrong”

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u/freakinbacon Apr 27 '24

I learned a pretty cool tool in about 2nd or 3rd grade, I don't really remember when, but it's called a venn diagram. It's a visualization utilizing separate circles that allow one to see how two or more things can share characteristics while still not being entirely the same. I'm trying to figure out why people in power never learned about venn diagrams. They seem to think Jews and Israel are the same circle, but every time I draw the diagram they never end up being quite the same.

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u/ConsciousHoney8909 Apr 27 '24

You’re absolutely right.

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u/MumenRiderZak Apr 27 '24

You should have sympathy for the Jewish people. But you should abhor Israel aswell

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u/The100thIdiot Apr 27 '24

you should abhor Israel aswell

I think that is going a bit far.

You can support Israel's right to exist but abhor the illegal settlements in the West Bank, the apartheid system, and what is going on in Gaza.

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u/MumenRiderZak Apr 27 '24

Israel as it functions now then if you need clarification

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u/The100thIdiot Apr 27 '24

What does that even mean?

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u/MumenRiderZak Apr 27 '24

What is confusing to you?

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u/The100thIdiot Apr 27 '24

The usage of the verb "functions" for an entire country.

Without specifying anything more, it could refer to anything and everything including the political system, the economy, the utilities...

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u/MumenRiderZak Apr 27 '24

If you want to be pedantic and ignore context and what I'm replying to sure

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u/The100thIdiot Apr 27 '24

I don't believe it is being pedantic.

We are talking about a complex situation and words have meanings. Using the wrong ones is not helpful.

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u/MumenRiderZak Apr 27 '24

And you assuming my words to mean things I didn't write isn't really bringing anything helpful at all to anything. It's just arguing with no purpose.

Israel is abhorrent. If they decide to stop acting like they are they will seize to be abhorrent.

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u/jutzi46 Apr 27 '24

Do you see how it's functioning ATM?

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u/The100thIdiot Apr 27 '24

What do you mean by "functioning"?

The lights are on, they have running water and sanitation, a strong and resilient economy, and a democratic political system.

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u/ceroproxy Apr 27 '24

> a democratic political system

LOL

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u/The100thIdiot Apr 27 '24

You can LOL all you like but the fact is that it is a parliamentary democracy.

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u/ceroproxy Apr 27 '24

Apartheid states are not democracies.

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u/almighty_darklord Apr 27 '24

Is south Africa also a democracy then?

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u/asupify Apr 27 '24

Jewish activists, ie. 'Jewish voice for Peace' have been spearheading the Free Palestine movement in the US and many of the students protesting are Jewish.

As much as zionists try to conflate being jewish with being pro-Israel and pro-ethnic cleansing in Gaza. It's not the case.

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u/ConsciousHoney8909 Apr 27 '24

Thank you for reminding me not to blanket people in to one category. I appreciate the lesson

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