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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2012-10-01 06:20 pm

[ SECRET POST #2099 ]


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(Anonymous) 2012-10-02 05:01 am (UTC)(link)
the reasoning of the actions is still completely different. it only looks similar in the most abstracted, wide-angle view you can take. it only looks similar if you say "they are both doing unsavory things based on race." but that's the most simplistic possible analysis of either the NSDAP or the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and so calling them equal on the basis of that comparison is just ridiculous, because the picture - if you analyze it in greater detail - is not at all the same.

The fascist, racist ideology of the National Socialists is just not all that similar to Zionism. They both believe in the importance of race, but there are profoundly important ways in which they differ. And I'm not saying that Israel isn't racist - it frequently is - but a racist is not a racist is not a racist; they are bad in different ways and condemnable to different extents. Comparing the two is ridiculous.

To speak to the original point: the Israeli regime may be racist. I think it is. But supporting the Israeli regime is not in and of itself racist. And it seems wrong to me to use that as a personal attack on someone. It seems to me important that we preserve the idea that people may disagree with each other without thereby being in any way less human or less good. Except in the most extreme cases, I think it is important that we be able to respect those with whom we disagree. And so I'm saying: supporting Israel is a difference of politics. It is not a personal fault. It is a political position in the same way that supporting the Palestinians is a political position.