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by erikpukinskis 3330 days ago
I'm not sure what you're implying when you say it's "interesting".

If you have a problem with the equation of anti-Tibet political intervention by China and anti-Palestine intervention by Israel then state your case.

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> If you have a problem with the equation of anti-Tibet political intervention by China and anti-Palestine intervention by Israel then state your case.

As much as Israel has colonized parts of Palestine by way of settlements, its nothing like the Chinese annexation and colonization of Tibet.

Perfect, let's downplay Israel by shitting on China!

In reality, both of these are clear examples of how the victor gets to write the history books. By getting rid of the conversations, this is unequivocally censorship.

That distinction largely irrelevant in the context of how either is trying to interfere with freedom of speech on the campuses of American universities.

And the comparison is pretty obvious, because I can't think of any other countries that are doing something similar, at least on a noticeable scale (i.e. actually getting results they want).

What about the white annexation and colonization of America?
Equally bullshit. I can admit Israel is better than colonial America. Kind of a low bar though.

I don't think I'd have a problem with people advocating for settlements if they acknowledged they were colonizing native people in order to eradicate their culture.

At least be honest about it. People act like Israel is some sort of liberal state.