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Jeremiah Gelles's avatar

As an anti-zionist secular Jewish person I think there are a lot more anti-zionists than you think. It depends a lot on how you define Zionism when you ask the question.

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todd smith's avatar

My understanding, which is not extensive, is that Zionism is an outgrowth of 19th century European ideas of nationalism, one could even say tribalism, which ultimately culminated in a couple of devastating wars in the 20th century, and the modern state of Israel is an extension of that. Nationalism in and of itself is not necessarily a bad thing, but the "Racial Purity" component of it is. Obviously, there is no such thing as "Racial Purity," which is a fictitious concept meant to manipulate masses of people into accepting an economic paradigm that degrades them while posing a convenient minority to pin the blame of degradation upon.

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AussieManDust's avatar

Anytime it's Me versus You, I'm gonna pick me. Surprise 😮 But Zionists have turned nasty, AND they have turned NAZI. There is zero cultural reflection on how violent and oppressive Zionist policy is or how it resembles the German NAZIs treatment of the Jews. A homeland, FIVE THOUSAND years ago ain't their homeland again, now. Or are we also returning the ancient homelands of Carthage? Chalcadea? Assyria? How about Cheyenne territory? Apache? Wankers.

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