• John Richard@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    Zionism is and was a movement to create a state for the Jewish people. The name Israel was specifically chosen because its religious context & meaning is what Zionism advocates for.

    You appear to be trying to say it without saying it, in which case you aren’t just racist, but a coward too.

    Does saying the US is British Imperialism also make someone racist, and if so against what race in particular? Was it not inhabited by by Native Americans, and did the Spanish, Portuguese, French, Dutch, and British, etc. also not participate in bringing to & owning slaves in America? The US is imperialism. We are still an imperialist nation. I’m not offended by it. Am I hating my own race because I said it? Fuck, I’d love it if they renamed the US to the Nation of Imperialism. At least it would be honest.

    The only way you can even try conclude that saying Israel is Zionism is a racist statement, is if fact you think Israel is a Jewish state, which is what Zionism is. It doesn’t just represent the unfinished work of Zionism, the name itself portrays Zionism. So yes, Israel is Zionism and you are almost certainly well aware & too coward to admit it or incredibly dense.