When pro-Israel voices carelessly accuse their opponents of antisemitism, they reduce a serious and specific charge to just another political slur. The longer this goes on, the harder it is to identify and respond to real and gravely serious antisemitism.
    • Veraxus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      5 months ago

      Ur-Fascism Trait #14

      Ur-Fascism speaks Newspeak … to limit the instruments for complex and critical reasoning…

      Muddying language, redefining and appropriating common words and terms so that the ideas cannot be easily discussed… that is all Ur-fascist newspeak.

    • asg101@lemmy.caEnglish
      4·
      5 months ago

      There is profit to be made in eternal victim-hood. Look at convicted felon Trump’s donations rolling in.