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Originally Posted by J epworth kendal
It's hate speech because like it or not, Israel is a Jewish state, and nazism and judiasm is a no go for speech. There are plenty of examples that protestors could make (Croatia, South Africa etc) to try and express what they believe the Israeli government is doing to Palestinian citizens that makes the same point without bringing up Nazism.
Like it or not it really is a zero tolerance policy with the Jewish people when it comes to Nazism. It is still fresh in so many minds, how close the Jewish people came to be destroyed. My grandfathers village in Poland for example had 2 survivors, him and his brother. Every single other resident died at the hands of the Nazis.
There is plenty of examples to use to express your disdain for Israels policies, you don't need to use nazism to make that point. To do so touches a nerve way to close to the heart of Jewish people still. Whether this is hate speech in your mind doesn't really matter, it's hate speech in the minds of the people you are putting down. Isn't that what really matters when talking about hate speech anyways, the group it effects?
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I think a lot of people use the Nazi comparison BECAUSE it touches a nerve and BECAUSE it's still fresh in their minds. It's kind of a "hey remember what the Nazis did to you guys? Yeah you aren't being much better. Go ask Grandma how she liked that." I think the point of that is to offend Israelis to the point that they do some introspection and try to figure out why a group of people is comparing them to their all time most hated enemy.
Again, I don't think the comparisons work for the most part, but on a certain level there are similarities.