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Germany will send more weapons to Israel soon, Scholz says

c/europe · u/schizoidman@lemm.ee · 0 points

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cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/44521474


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u/pastermil@sh.itjust.works · 1 points

Lemme guess...

You're German, and you're very proud of your country.

I get that. It's good to be proud of your country, but it's also good to be open to other point of views.

u/federalreverse@feddit.org · 0 points

E.g. "It must be a genetic thing" or "Gee, they just have a genocidal culture" or ...

The way you phrased it also suggests the direction the discussion will go: It's not going to be about genocides, it's going to be anti-German, although genocides are unfortunately fairly common among humans. (Of course, "genocide" is a somewhat mushy politically-applied term as well which doesn't help.)

u/pastermil@sh.itjust.works · 0 points

Okay, let's just say I'm that dense. How else would you interpret my comment? How unproductive would the thread be?

u/federalreverse@feddit.org · 0 points

Your comment was literally just "What is it with Germans and genocide?" Besides the one interpretation you suggest, there are a lot of other possibilities.

In any case, if a thread had started from your comment, do you think it could have been a productive one?

u/pastermil@sh.itjust.works · 0 points

My comment was simply pointing out how Germany's been involved in genocide at least twice in modern history.

I'd appreciate if someone would challenge me with a sound argument rather than censoring me.

u/federalreverse@feddit.org · 0 points

Fwiw, yours was the one I was least sure about removing. You're right, there are a lot of clearly civilian victims. The way you worded it seemed a bit too inviting for another rage thread though.

u/Mihies@programming.dev · 0 points

I went and double checked community info, yet I can't understand why mine was removed. Probably some German moderator seeing antisemitic content everywhere 🤷‍♂️