This rule is weirdly incongruous with the others, given the anodyne dictionary definition of “Zionism”. Does it serve rather as a kind of ideological litmus test to exclude certain viewpoints - and indeed certain people - from this community? How is that defensible?
I’m a European who believes in tolerance. Having just noticed this egregiously discriminatory statement of values, I’m now thinking that I will not feel at home in this community.
PS: I see without surprise that this is not going to generate worthwhile debate. As a liberal (not Jewish and I generally vote green), I did see the health warning about “left-anarchism” (whatever, there’s overlap). I was pretty pleased to discover this community. But I don’t think I can continue contributing when there’s literally a rule condoning ethnic discrimination. That’s something that fascists do. It’s certainly not the European spirit. Bye.
Hey, look, it’s the paradox of tolerance yet again.
A supermasist ideology has no place here . Just like you would not allow someone believing in issis wanting to create an islamic state in syria and iraq
But Zionism is not ipso-facto supremacist any more than Kurdish or Catalan nationalism is supremacist.
Well, perhaps you can still see why reasonable people might believe otherwise.
ipso-facto
Or that the context beyond the mere classical definition one might have given 50 years ago has relevance.
If I had to guess it’s to differentiate itself from the biggest „Europe” community that is pretty Zionist and to make Zionists feel unwelcome here, which is very based endeavour.
For a serious answer I suppose you’d need to read several books about the history of Israel and its relationship with Europe, the semiotic position of the term Zionism in contemporary political discourse, and methodologies for dealing with problematic topics in online communities.
But in short I’d say that the more evil is done in the name of Zionism, the more the name itself becomes perceived as synonymous with it, and there’s a lot of that going on these days.
IMO a better serious answer would be for the community not to have a rule that appears to be a discriminatory dog-whistle, or (in this most good-faith possible interpretation) weirdly obsessional. This community is for discussing Europe, not West Asia.
IMO you’re either playing dumb or just simply out of touch with what’s been going on. I think it’s clear without saying the original meaning and intention of the word Zionism is accepted here but it’s most recently used as an excuse or a reason to commit genocide and wage war indiscriminately.
I belive it originated from reaction to ridiculous decisions of feddit.org admins who decided to ban voices opposing Israeli genocide of Palestinians.
I personally don’t believe in bans unless someone is expressing explicitly racist views or is trying to deny genocide etc.
for a community concerning Europe
Because european countries are supporting genocide. That’s how it’s related.
I’m a European who believes in tolerance.
You can tolerate people who support genocide and imperialism, but not tolerate people who are against that?
As a liberal (not Jewish and I generally vote green),
Not surprising. I have friends who are jewish and they are staunchly anti-zionist. Who are you to dictate that?
I’m now thinking that I will not feel at home in this community.
There’s always [email protected]
condoning ethnic discrimination
What the fuck? The rule says ZIONIST, not JEWISH. I’ve seen actual anti-semitism on this instance and have shot it down very fast, but i have absolutely no love for zionists.
That’s something that fascists do. It’s certainly not the European spirit
I see you’ve been living under a rock and haven’t opened a history book.
Edit:
I’ve seen your other comments. You just go mask-off with your bullshit. Thank god this community is hostile to zionists.
