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In reply to the discussion: Stop comparing Zionists to Nazis! [View all]Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)It's just that the majority are irrelevant. Modern Zionism is almost wholly defined by the revisionist brand of political zionism - Jabotinsky, et al. This is the brand of Zionism dominant in Israel, and thus among Israel's supporters. This is mixed then with a heady dose of bigotry and hatred - Against Arabs and Muslims of course, but more so against anyone that might not fit the Zionist "Purity Test."
Look, the product of zionism is Israel. Israel installed itself through a violent takeover and ethnic cleansing. It maintained - and to a great deal still does maintain - an ethnically stratified society where Jews are on top and everyone else is garbage. It has for the past forty years maintained a brutal occupation of Palestine, where it engages in whimsical violence and oppression just to show it can. it just slaughtered over two thousand people in Gaza - again - the majority of whom were civilians - again - and what did Zionists do around the world? They rallied for Israel. They cheered the killing, just as they cheer the occupation, just as they cheer the ethnocide, just as they cheer any and all acts of brutality perpetrated by Israel.
And anyone who is not cheering is labeled, of course, an antisemite. A Nazi. a self-hating Jew. An enemy. And what must be done with enemies? Well, look at what happened to Galloway. Or perhaps look back to 2009, and the death threats against Richard Goldstone.
It doesn't matter what Zionism was back in 1890 or whatever, only what it is today. and what it is is a philosophy of hate and violence.