Five@slrpnk.net to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoIsrael slams UN chief for saying Hamas attack ‘did not happen in a vacuum,’ calls for his resignationwww.politico.euexternal-linkmessage-square187fedilinkarrow-up1590arrow-down127
arrow-up1563arrow-down1external-linkIsrael slams UN chief for saying Hamas attack ‘did not happen in a vacuum,’ calls for his resignationwww.politico.euFive@slrpnk.net to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square187fedilink
minus-squareoroboros@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-211 months ago Context is anti semitic It’s sarcasm the way I’m reading it, i.e. he is saying the the UN chief is providing context and that is being deemed as antisemitic, which it’s not. The Israeli ambassador is conflating the state with the entire set of Jewish people, which as you said is itself antisemitic I think you’re both on the same page
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down3·edit-211 months agoOh! Guess I’m the idiot with a malfunctioning sarcasm detector then! My bad! (That wasn’t sarcasm btw, in case there’s any doubt)
minus-squareBarbarian@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoLooks like you fell victim to Poe’s law
It’s sarcasm the way I’m reading it, i.e. he is saying the the UN chief is providing context and that is being deemed as antisemitic, which it’s not.
The Israeli ambassador is conflating the state with the entire set of Jewish people, which as you said is itself antisemitic
I think you’re both on the same page
Oh! Guess I’m the idiot with a malfunctioning sarcasm detector then! My bad!
(That wasn’t sarcasm btw, in case there’s any doubt)
Looks like you fell victim to Poe’s law