I hope I will not get downvoted because I’m genuinely wondering

Lemmy almost has no users from neither Israel or Palestine, however most of communities filled with Anti Israel content, I even tried muting all news related communities, but now I see anti Israel content in completely unrelated communities, like !android@lemmy.world and !memes@sopuli.xyz

Is there a reason why Lemmy is so fixated on Israel/Palestine? Neither of other world conflicts get even close in terms of attention. It’s neither a case on my microblogging Fediverse account or my most “algoritmic” social media, even kbin part of the Threadiverse seems not as obsessed with it, what’s so different about Lemmy?

(Sorry for a bit clickbait-y title)

Edit: I actually might take down this post because half of people in replies completely misunderstood it

  • billwashere@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Maybe it might because Israel is in the wrong? Maybe overreacting a bit and committing something awfully close to genocide? Just a thought.

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    1 year ago

    Of course you will get downvoted because there is no nuance with those people (often Tankies or „anticolonional“/„antiimperial“ leftists) and when they hate on „Israel“ and „Zionism“, they more often than not, mean „Jews“.

    And exactly those people are part of the reason that Jews are scared for their life all over the world.

    As someone that considers himself a leftist, even by European standards, I am honestly disgusted by those people. I think „those people“ are willing to betray left values as long it is about Israel or Jews. Many of them even lack basic human empathy as long as „only“ Jews and/or Israelis are concerned.

    Edit:

    thanks @ElcaineVolta ! As you disapprove of my posts, I know I do the right things.

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      1 year ago

      Seems to me you’re willing to abandon left values when it pertains to Palestine.

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    1 year ago

    There is a lot of leftist/communist who run lemmy. I guess they are aint jewish and pro palestine. My guess

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      1 year ago

      considering Israel has no problem killing Palestinian Jews, where does that put them on the anti-semitic spectrum?

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      1 year ago

      Even if genocide happens as you say, I don’t see any attention to other genocides in the world on there, only to this specific war

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        1 year ago

        This is a logical fallacy. For example just because the Uighur issue receives less present attention (because it’s not NEW) doesn’t make the latest attempt at genocide more acceptable.

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          1 year ago

          We’re not sure how much is real and how much is Western propaganda. It’s not like our own nations don’t lie to us.

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            1 year ago

            Western propoganda? I’m surprised you’re on kbin and not on lemmygrad

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              1 year ago

              You’re so aware! /s because it’s needed. WMD and Iraq. Gulf of Tonkin. Plenty more.

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    1 year ago

    The Fediverse is heavily far left-leaning. The far left is anti-Israel, and thus so are most Fediverse users.

    • Maeve@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      Anti-genocide and anti-apartheid (antifascist) is not “far left.” Those things are far right.