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So some bloke got a post removed from antenna.
I disagree with this guy on the Israeli war. I think it's readily apparent that the Israelis have routinely exercised more than reasonable force. I find the whole founding basis of the state of Israel and Zionism to be off-putting. I think that any reasonable criticism of Israel is painted as antisemitism and that real antisemitism is far rarer than it is made out to be.
This guy shouldn't have been banned. The likening of all Palestinians to Hamas is asinine and easily falsifiable. Someone who could have easily done a debunking post and driven the discussion further. The supporters of Israel all have the same trite arguments with a general assumption of Palestinian inferiority, if you let them show their true colors, they will make a mockery of themselves. Hell this guy did it in the first bullet point.
Now he can play the victim card because he was censored. Now he can say he was targeted for his beliefs. It does not make your point look stronger if you have to silence the opposition.
this is an utterly despicable, de-humanizing, and genocide-cheering statement. There are few who would dispute the validity of Israel's stated goal of eradicating Hamas.
Equating Hamas with all Palestinians is therefore an explicit call to wipe out an ethnic people group.
keyword: explicit. He doesn't explicitly call for the genocide of the Palestinians, he implies it. This is essentially the same form of argument that Israel supporters use to shut down college protests when someone says "From the river to the sea", reducing the slogan to supporting the entire elimination of the state of Israel, and then deeming that sentiment antisemitic.
You don't win these arguments by shutting down the other side, you do so by making better arguments, this guy falls flat on his face but now looks like the victim and only confirms his prior convictions. We shouldn't take down posts unless they are egregiously overt in the calling of mass murder. It's better to allow the opponent to make bad arguments and make themselves look like the fools they are than to give them ammunition.
This guy is a twat, shouldn't be banned though.