• chiliedogg@lemmy.world
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    3 hours ago

    There’s dishonest people defining it that way, yes. And those people will pounce on poorly worded statements like “Israelis can’t co-exist with humanity” as point to it as a call for the extermination of Israel’s citizens and civilian population, and they will use it to convince honest people that it’s our goal.

    When fighting dishonest people, you can’t afford to make stupid statements that give their lies cover.

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      6 hours ago

      Yeah im not disagreeing at all, just noting thats inevitable at this point since its the dishonest people in both media anf politics that warp the term to cover anything they need it to in the moment.

      Just look how starmer used that exact play to eject anyone not right wing from the labour party in the uk.

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        3 hours ago

        I don’t care if evil monsters call me their enemy. I consider that a badge of honor.

        I do care, however, if my own words can be used by those same monsters to mislead good people.