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Re:'Like we were lesser humans': Gaza boys, men recall Israe... by selimthegrim on Tuesday December 12, 2023 @08:21PM (#38621424)
This is ridiculous speech policing. If some Israeli calls it that, how would you react? It’s not disparaging like “Zionist entity”
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Re:'Like we were lesser humans': Gaza boys, men recall Israe... by vladgur on Tuesday December 12, 2023 @10:55PM (#38622447)
I do not have power to police speech on hacker news, I only have an ability to critique what I found to be a very intentionally demeaning term for a Israel.

I dont think that "Zionist entity" sounds worse than "Zionist Experiment" TBH.

Ask yourself, why not simply call "Zionist Entity" or "Zionist Experiment" Israel?

Its simple - the word "Zionist" has been hijacked by anti-Israel movement to mean "Jewish".

To the rest of us, modern-day Zionism means "Israel has the right to exist"

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