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I think it’s fine if they recognize and prioritize acting on things that they can actually influence, like America’s bankrolling of Israel’s genocide. The issue here is that the very real and otherwise valid criticism is serving as a patina for national/racial/religious chauvinism.
i view the genocide as an extension of ’s evil but yeah sure, vassals are fair game; and cheeseburgers boycotting saudi arabia but not doing BDS are telling on themselves.
I completely agree about your view of Israel’s actions, what I was failing to communicate is that, among things going on today, it’s probably the most obvious and actionable example of a genocidal atrocity the US is responsible for, along with its treatment of immigrants. I was just saying that if someone is duly critical of their own nation and situations that are actionable by them, then their criticism of other country’s actions can be evaluated on their own merits, or at least such an evaluation should be entered into the total consideration. I feel like it’s unhelpful to say that such people who are duly critical, by virtue of being Americans, are disqualified from talking about – to pick an arbitrary example – the persecution of civilian groups in the Sudanese war, or even something less catastrophic but still clearly bad, like Japan’s historical revisionism wrt its treatment of Korean and Chinese people. So long as these aren’t being used as deflections or whatabouts from what America and its conspirators do, it’s a good thing for people to be aware of, discuss, and advocate about.
(especially white) americans have no right to speak on the crimes or misdeeds of any other country or culture.
I think it’s fine if they recognize and prioritize acting on things that they can actually influence, like America’s bankrolling of Israel’s genocide. The issue here is that the very real and otherwise valid criticism is serving as a patina for national/racial/religious chauvinism.
i view the genocide as an extension of
’s evil but yeah sure, vassals are fair game; and cheeseburgers boycotting saudi arabia but not doing BDS are telling on themselves.
I completely agree about your view of Israel’s actions, what I was failing to communicate is that, among things going on today, it’s probably the most obvious and actionable example of a genocidal atrocity the US is responsible for, along with its treatment of immigrants. I was just saying that if someone is duly critical of their own nation and situations that are actionable by them, then their criticism of other country’s actions can be evaluated on their own merits, or at least such an evaluation should be entered into the total consideration. I feel like it’s unhelpful to say that such people who are duly critical, by virtue of being Americans, are disqualified from talking about – to pick an arbitrary example – the persecution of civilian groups in the Sudanese war, or even something less catastrophic but still clearly bad, like Japan’s historical revisionism wrt its treatment of Korean and Chinese people. So long as these aren’t being used as deflections or whatabouts from what America and its conspirators do, it’s a good thing for people to be aware of, discuss, and advocate about.