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What?
They're implying the original tweet means threat to kids isn't from the genocide, and instead it's the bigoted (and false) stereotype that there are secret Jewish rituals that kill children as blood sacrifices.
It's almost certainly an intentional misunderstanding, but if anyone seriously can't parse that out without someone explaining it, they really need to work on their critical thinking skills.
This is why "I'm not going to explain it to you" is the biggest and reddest of all the red flags.
Ignorance is the natural state of all humans, and the whole point of language is so that you can help reduce that natural ignorance!
The only almost exception is in response to sea-lioning, when the request for an explanation is made in bad faith
But that's what LMGTFY links are for.
http://lmgtfy2.com/?q=sealioning
While I don't disagree, I do feel like people are over-quick to label any hard questions that don't align with thier viewpoint as sealioning.
I've more than once asked questions about the practicality or edge cases of a particular stance and been called a sealion for it.
But the thing is, I want to know how that thing handles the practicality or edge case issues, and am trying to have someone who is deeper into the weeds on the issue than I am explain it to me, but just get called a sealion for it.
To be fair, this has only happened to me 2-3 times, but it's super annoying, because I'm actually trying to understand, and might even be on your side if you'd address my concerns.
Agreed completely.
There are folk for whom reductio ad absurdum is a personal attack, and those for whom it's a perfectly reasonable form of asking for refinement.
To pick an easy example -- if we support neo-genders, we absolutely should treat someone who claims to "identify as an attack helicopter" as such and strive to use their claimed neo-pronouns. (Thankfully, one doesn't need to support neo-genders to respect trans-gender and a-gender individuals or those unsure of their gender ).
It's inhumane to deny the humanity of inhumane humans.
English is a funny language.
That’s where I am at though. The behavior of Zionists has caused me to look at them less like people. They’re hateful genociding scumfuckers. They deserve any bad shit that happens to them at this point.
No. Humanity includes us all.
the paradox of intolerance does not mean nazis get to be considered worth listening to. or considering. they give that up. BY THEIR OWN CHOICE.
I never made the connection to child sacrifices until this comment. Instead, I thought about the ongoing genocide in Gaza and countless children who have been killed. Because one is real and one obviously not real and would never even register.
Asking someone to explain what they mean is totally valid
not to mention the context. Ms Rachel is getting raked across the coals for saying that the children on both sides of this war deserve to grow to adulthood, to make lifelong friends, and meet people with whom to raise their own kids. in all the exchange has basically gone:
this is what i hate about zionism. it takes anti-semitic tropes and it packages them as being pro-jewish. they feed, not fight, hatred against jewish identity through this. and then, when jews feel scared in the communities where they are, israel says "we have a special place cordoned off just for people like you to be safe. all we have to do for you to move here is kill everyone there"
it's a self fulfilling prophecy
Which is almost definitely what they were talking about.
And no where near as effective or clear as explaining the situation... Because someone posting in bad faith would let it hang, but some legitimate posters might just not see it till much later, or even at all considering blocks.
Which brings up we don't know if OPs screenshot was taken immediately after the last reply before they immediately lept to:
Which makes it sound like they specifically did not understand what was happening.
But I get the feeling this is one of those complicated things no one actually thinks about and just goes off feelings rather than logic. So even if they're right, they still don't understand why they're right.
Wait what? That's an insane conclusion to draw! Why would anyone think that would be obvious?
The people who assumed the person who mentioned blood libel... Was talking about blood libel...
Used such a leap in logic that you can't even imagine how someone could make it?
Jesus...
I think I'm even more confused after reading all of this.
I know Miss Rachel is getting attacked for calling out the atrocities in Gaza, but what is all the blood libel stuff?
Sounds to me like we've just got someone upset that Miss Rachel is not asking for more kids to be killed, but you seem to believe there is something else going on?
...
Whoever Rachel is, she was clearly referencing Gaza and the ongoing genocide.
Eve then (likely intentionally) misunderstood and acted like Rachel was talking about Jewish blood libel. Which is a bigoted belief going back millenia that part of traditional Jewish religious rituals include child sacrifice.
Evan then "dared her to explain why that would be antisemitic".
My point is that is not as effective as clarifying what was going on and why it's not...
But I can admit when I'm wrong, clearly I was overestimating people.
I don't think it was overestimating, more just not realizing that the term "blood libel" isn't a widely recognized antisemitic concept. I know a lot of Jewish people and have never heard blood libel used that way.
I just read it as meaning some sort of lie revolving around death like "you've got blood on your hands" kind of thing.
Edit: Also thanks for the explaining your perspective to me.
Yes...
I overestimated people by thinking if I explained what "blood libel" is, I didnt have to literally say "blood libel is___"
When I said "bigoted (and false) stereotype..." You could substitute that for "blood libel". I just pre-emptively explained it not everyone knew what it was.
And rather than ask questions, a bunch of confused people furrowed their brow and down voted.
But you asked questions, so now you know:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_libel
Are you from space?
??
Reading these comments is starting to make me believe that I am hahaha
Yeah it’s even worse. Israelis are openly in public killing children as blood sacrifices and calling it self defense
They're killing children in order to eliminate the population, not as some weird kind of sacrifice to God. After all, a sacrifice to God means you're relinquishing something you consider valuable, and they clearly don't value the lives of Palestinian children.
Some want to do it to eliminate future generations that want revenge
Some want to do it to expand Israeli’s power and territory, land is the most important resource to a state
Some want to do it because god has made their cause righteous and they are fulfilling a divine mandate in their seizure of the promised land
They aren’t a monolith in their depravity it’s true
No, because that's not a blood sacrifice, and you're still conflating Judaism with Israel, which is what Netenyahu and the woman from Twitter want to happen...
It's pretty important, because if you don't understand it fascist movements will keep abusing your ignorance to help their own propaganda, even tho you clearly disagree with it....
There's also the huge risk of actual nazis who are intentionally doing what you're doing and saying they're commiting blood libel.
So now instead of talking about Israel committing genocide, nobody knows if your an actual Nazi or just spreading Nazi propaganda because you don't know what the fuck is going on.
Like, does any of this make even a little sense?
lol I’m Jewish buddy and these Zionist psychos are killing children with glee with the specific intent to appease god and maintain their divine grant to the land of Israel
You’re the one attempting to sow confusion
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And Jewish people support trump too, why couldn't a self-proffessed Jewish person legitimately believe Nazi propaganda?
You know that was literally going on during the actual Holocaust too, right? Why wouldn't it be possible in 2025 when multiple high profile people fit that description?
Especially after you just did it in two comments in a row?
That's straight up Nazi shit you're repeating, and whatever religion you are doesn't change that shit.
Go speak to some Israelis in confidence
This is not Nazi shit, it’s Zionist shit
They celebrate this crap behind closed doors and openly share their glee with other Jews until they realize you’re not on their side. Then they consider you a dangerous traitor to the Jewish people