I appreciate the explanation. It still seems unnecessarily divisive though. If one had no context at all, this meme would just come off as “all Germans bad” or “all Germans are (insert one’s perception)”. Internalization of reactionary media isn’t rational, and this just seems to throw fuel on a fire that doesn’t even exist
People are just people at the end of the day, and some are less informed or more hateful than others, wherever you go. No need to create an outgroup in order to condemn something inherently evil
I’m sorry but pro-Palestinian demonstration is literally illegal in Germany now. This is not a small minority that OP is referring to. Polls show the vast majority of Germans support Israel no matter what they do. That’s not a nasty stereotype but deeply embedded in German culture
See, there it is again. “It’s a German thing. It’s not a stereotype, all Germans are”. You have to see the irony in what your statement boils down to. Anecdotes are funny little things that can really cause harm when internalized at face value
It’s not anecdote. There is a qualitative difference between how Germany and other European countries view Israel. If you can’t see that or don’t want to talk about it, we have nothing to discuss
I appreciate the explanation. It still seems unnecessarily divisive though. If one had no context at all, this meme would just come off as “all Germans bad” or “all Germans are (insert one’s perception)”. Internalization of reactionary media isn’t rational, and this just seems to throw fuel on a fire that doesn’t even exist
People are just people at the end of the day, and some are less informed or more hateful than others, wherever you go. No need to create an outgroup in order to condemn something inherently evil
I’m sorry but pro-Palestinian demonstration is literally illegal in Germany now. This is not a small minority that OP is referring to. Polls show the vast majority of Germans support Israel no matter what they do. That’s not a nasty stereotype but deeply embedded in German culture
See, there it is again. “It’s a German thing. It’s not a stereotype, all Germans are”. You have to see the irony in what your statement boils down to. Anecdotes are funny little things that can really cause harm when internalized at face value
It’s not anecdote. There is a qualitative difference between how Germany and other European countries view Israel. If you can’t see that or don’t want to talk about it, we have nothing to discuss