This rule is weirdly incongruous with the others, given the anodyne dictionary definition of “Zionism”. Does it serve rather as a kind of ideological litmus test to exclude certain viewpoints - and indeed certain people - from this community? How is that defensible?

I’m a European who believes in tolerance. Having just noticed this egregiously discriminatory statement of values, I’m now thinking that I will not feel at home in this community.

PS: I see without surprise that this is not going to generate worthwhile debate. As a liberal (not Jewish and I generally vote green), I did see the health warning about “left-anarchism” (whatever, there’s overlap). I was pretty pleased to discover this community. But I don’t think I can continue contributing when there’s literally a rule condoning ethnic discrimination. That’s something that fascists do. It’s certainly not the European spirit. Bye.

  • JubilantJaguar@lemmy.worldBanned from communityOP
    115·
    19 hours ago

    IMO a better serious answer would be for the community not to have a rule that appears to be a discriminatory dog-whistle, or (in this most good-faith possible interpretation) weirdly obsessional. This community is for discussing Europe, not West Asia.

    • JiveTurkey@lemmy.world
      10·
      18 hours ago

      IMO you’re either playing dumb or just simply out of touch with what’s been going on. I think it’s clear without saying the original meaning and intention of the word Zionism is accepted here but it’s most recently used as an excuse or a reason to commit genocide and wage war indiscriminately.

        • rowdy@lemmy.zip
          10·
          18 hours ago

          Ah there you are - this post was never about Zionism, was it? It was about denying genocide in Palestine.

          And now you’ve answered your own question. There aren’t rules explicitly banning other genocidal ideologies because there aren’t nearly as many goobers like you defending them. (Except tankies, but they’re not welcome either.)

        • kbal@fedia.io
          3·
          15 hours ago

          If there’s a sign saying “do not feed the alligators” you can guess that it’s probably because they had a problem with too many people feeding the alligators. There’s no reason to ask if that means it’s okay to feed the crocodiles.

        • rumimevlevi@lemmings.world
          2·
          16 hours ago

          There is no apologist of any genocide in the sub. You are the only one who use other genocides as a pretext to deflect about the genocide in gaza.

          The genocide intent in gaza is the most obvious since hitler. The top israel leaders including the prime minister expressed genocide intent. Like netenyaho compared gazan to amalek. The bible say that isrselites was ordered to kill everybody including infants and animals