Germany will send more weapons to Israel soon, Scholz says
c/europe · u/schizoidman@lemm.ee · 0 points
cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/44521474
c/europe · u/schizoidman@lemm.ee · 0 points
cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/44521474
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 🤷♂️
u/Sir_Simon_Spamalot@lemmy.world · 0 points
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