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so what you are saying, then, dragon, is that the racism/religious discrimination you refer to was only a problem insofar as it resulted in the holocaust, but in every other case not a big deal?
what possible purpose does it serve to not be critical of the dehumanization of the palestinians day to day by the idf, to ignore the racist discourses that circulate--particularly in the united states on the topic of israel--when it is applied to the them?
or are you saying that the lesson of being on the recieving end of racism/religious persecution is that you should acquire lots of arms so that later on you get to do it to other people?
i would have thought that one of the things people should learn from the fact of the holocaust is that racism in itself is evil, and that the bureaucratic acquiescence to racism is all too easy--that the diversion of a sense of duty (institutional/national) to racist ends is all too easy, given the proper political conditions. and that these discourses need to be opposed whenever they appear, regardless of the source.
but you are saying that it only really mattered once.
and then you blame the folk who are being brutalized by a vastly superior force under the cover of the same set of assumptions.
great position, dragonlich--have fun trying to defend it.
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