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‘The Onion’ Stands With Israel Because It Seems Like You Get In Less Trouble For That (www.theonion.com)

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[–] Aloha_Alaska@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago

This could be the most honest and heartfelt statement on the subject that I have seen.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Not on Lemmy.

[–] SlikPikker@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 years ago

Good. This place is less captured by the bot swarms. There's less room for JIDF hate bots.

[–] WheeGeetheCat@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

yeah its been 'fun' talking about this on Lemmy and Reddit at the same time.

On reddit, I'm an anti-semite. On lemmy, I'm a racist zionist.

In reality I understand the paradox of tolerance extends to fundamentalist abrahamic religions, which are all intolerant themselves, and therefore should not be tolerated.

[–] fosforus@sopuli.xyz 0 points 2 years ago

Fortunately none of it is real here.

[+] dumdum666@kbin.social -19 points 2 years ago (5 children)

This Onion article seems to be really enjoyed by people that just don’t seem to have the balls to scream loudly „you totally deserved that terror attack Israel“ into the social media world.

[–] Umbrias@beehaw.org 20 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's miraculously possible to have a more complicated opinion on the conflict than one side good other side bad.

[–] dumdum666@kbin.social -1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

The Onion Article does exactly what you claim is wrong: Sarcastically siding with Israel in a mock article while mockingly claiming they are having Ted Kacinsky as an Editor on board that wouldn’t let them do otherwise.

As some people do not seem to understand sarcasm at all: they mean the opposite of what is stated.

[–] Umbrias@beehaw.org 8 points 2 years ago

In moments of turmoil such as this, some believe it is the responsibility of a newspaper of record like The Onion to delve fully into the nuances of a complex and multifaceted conflict that stretches back not just decades but centuries. These people are wrong.

There's the thesis. Pretty plainly stating, to translate the satire, that news should be taking a nuanced approach which recognizes no easy answers.

It's not saying Israel is wrong alone, it's saying that's just the easy hand wave call for violence that is mainstream.

Notably it's also not saying Palestinians and more pressingly hamas are right.

So no, the onion article is not doing what I think is wrong.

[–] Muehe@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

As some people do not seem to understand sarcasm at all: they mean the opposite of what is stated.

Username checks out. /s

[–] lukini@beehaw.org 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Why would I have the balls to wish death on civilians? Seems like a super shitty thing to do. I don't want civilians to die on either side, so I guess that makes me the bad guy in your eyes.

[–] PoopingCough@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Death begets death begets death

[–] Limitless_screaming@kbin.social -2 points 2 years ago

True, there must be a counter article from Fox news for the people who think this attack happened out of the blue and for no reason at all.