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   Rabbit Cohen (bathyspherehat@mastodon.online)'s status on Monday, 15-Jul-2024 23:14:31 JST Rabbit Cohen

   Listen: what Israel is doing in Gaza is unspeakably horrible. But all other considerations aside, comparing Israel to Nazi Germany is not going to convince anyone who doesn't already agree with you, least of all Jewish people. It is not rhetorically useful. It actively pushes people away.

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Monday, 15-Jul-2024 23:14:29 JST Evan Prodromou

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     @BathysphereHat unfortunately there are many other genocides in human history that one can compare. I agree with you that Holocaust inversion is needlessly cruel and does not make a point for anyone.

     https://evanp.me/2024/02/04/taking-sides-in-a-genocide/

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     Rabbit Cohen (bathyspherehat@mastodon.online)'s status on Monday, 15-Jul-2024 23:14:30 JST Rabbit Cohen

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     As a Jewish American, I am against US military support of Israel. I've written to my representatives about it. I've donated money to charities giving aid to Gaza. And when I see people comparing Israel to Nazi Germany, it doesn't make me regret that, nor does it change my position. I'm not that easily shaken. But it does make me feel less safe among gentiles who share my views.

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     Rabbit Cohen (bathyspherehat@mastodon.online)'s status on Monday, 15-Jul-2024 23:14:30 JST Rabbit Cohen

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     There are so many things you can say about Gaza that are both more accurate and more convincing. There's the fact that 39,000 people have been killed. There's the fact that nearly half of Gaza's population is made up of children. There are thousands of horrible personal stories of tragedy and death. It doesn't have to be the Holocaust to be important, or horrific, or worth standing against.

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     Rabbit Cohen (bathyspherehat@mastodon.online)'s status on Monday, 15-Jul-2024 23:14:31 JST Rabbit Cohen

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     If you must compare atrocities, there are many that this is more comparable, because as horrible as it is, Israel isn't doing what Nazi Germany did. The Nazis didn't just kill civilians, they systematically imprisoned, tortured, and murdered people in a way that hadn't been done before and hasn't been done since.

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     Rabbit Cohen (bathyspherehat@mastodon.online)'s status on Monday, 15-Jul-2024 23:14:31 JST Rabbit Cohen

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     Ask yourself why the Nazis are your go-to comparison. Is it because the crimes are actually particularly similar? Or is it because you feel that that comparison is particularly impactful, shocking, and hurtful?