HHH_is_the_game posted...
Exactly. "All lives matter" is an innocent phrase on its surface, but it is far more loaded in reality and it might not vocally say anything against Black people, but it is hard to use innocently in context. So why not find a better phrase that is not loaded? It makes it hard to assume good faith.
Yes, this is something that is true. It's hard to call it paranoia based on history. Being oppressed does not give an excuse to be oppressors. But regardless, talk of the dissolution of Israel gives very valid fears to some Jewish people that it would mean a mass killing of Jews.
But even then, it doesn't make a person anti-semitic. Still, this topic will always be loaded to Jewish people, who might be a strong force in Israel, but not world-wide.
The specific phrase in question, especially how it has been used by Hamas representatives, makes the fear feel even more visceral.
Let's not play this game...it's a conservative tactic. (What I mean is, highlighting an individual instance and trying to use it to frame one side as violent, etc)
I mean they are factually violent. Insomuch that UCLA had to cancel classes.
What do you call a gang of violent thugs attacking peaceful protesters?
Anyway this topic is oddly reminiscent of conservatives seeing a black Ariel and crying about white genocide.