Isn't the characterization "False Equivalence" relative, depending on which side of the political fence you sit?
To those on the political left, comparing Israel's government to the Nazis is fair. To those on the political right, the same comparison is seen as a false equivalence.
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But the people on the Right are lying. And we know they're lying because if you explain how Israel is doing a genocide, they just deflect to Hamas. They know that the Zionists are similar to the Nazis, but admitting so is bad optics.
@flipper1966 Yes, but there's a way you can tell when someone is lying. Just see if they deflect. If the Right really thought Israel wasn't committing a genocide, they would be able to debunk the evidence. But they can't, because they know the evidence is clear. So instead, they just deflect by bringing up Hamas over and over.
[quote]Yes, but there's a way you can tell when someone is lying. Just see if they deflect. If the Right really thought Israel wasn't committing a genocide, they would be able to debunk the evidence. But they can't, because they know the evidence is clear. So instead, they just deflect by bringing up Hamas over and over.[/quote]
Here's a left-wing writer reportedly deflecting. Both sides deflect.
@flipper1966 It sounds more like he's saying, who cares about semantics? The point is, Israel is mass murdering Palestinians to maintain their ethnostate. Whether that is literally a genocide based on how the word was originally used or whatever is not important.
@BohemianBoo Genocide as currently being used in the ICJ is a legal term with a strict legal definition. I think Levy is asking if Israel's actions do not fit the strict legal definition of genocide as used by the court, what is it?
@flipper1966 I'd have to see the context. I do know that what Israel is doing is a genocide by the UN definition. Not that it even matters. Genocide, ethnic-cleansing, whatever you want to call it, the point is that Israel is committing mass murder.
@flipper1966 Dude, I've seen this strategy before. Someone says Israel is committing a genocide, then someone else deflects by arguing over the historical definition of the word "genocide," as if that matters. That's what it seems like here. But without the context, we don't know.
But again, does it matter? Israel is mass murdering Palestinians, that's what matters. I don't care to argue semantics here.
