I live in North America, and I have European descent, and I have a connection to the land. I can trace my family back 13 generations in North America. But even if I could not, being born somewhere gives you a connection to the land. Unless you’re Trump, I daresay this is a widely-agreed-on perspective. I don’t think anyone should have to be kicked out of the place they were born.
I look at my own privileged life from many angles. If I don’t belong here, then where do I belong? Some other country I’ve never been to, am not a citizen of, and who hates immigrants? Everyone belongs somewhere.
Well, unless you’re Donald Trump, and want to end birthright citizenship.
Regarding youtubes in South Africa holding all the land – as a leftist I don’t really believe in strong private property rights. The land should be liberated. That doesn’t mean I think they should be kicked out, or that some other country should take them. Well, unless you’re Donald Trump, and want to invite “south african refugees” into your country.
And yet that’s not what I argued at all. Maybe read that again. Of course it’s insane to kick people out from the place they were born in. I just said that this has nothing to do with antisemitism but just pure nationalism. They’re not asking them to leave because they’re jewish but because they’re settler. But again, this entire discussion is stupid anyway, since it’s insane to expect people to leave in mass the place they were born in.
Okay, I see what you’re saying about how it’s not specifically anti-semitism, it’s anti-colonialism. What I consider to be anti-semitic though is the idea that someone is a colonist solely by the virtue of being born Jewish in Israel. (Please note that I’m not claiming something outrageous like no Jew born in Israel is a colonist, or even that the proponderance of colonialist ideology is rare in Israel.)
I live in North America, and I have European descent, and I have a connection to the land. I can trace my family back 13 generations in North America. But even if I could not, being born somewhere gives you a connection to the land. Unless you’re Trump, I daresay this is a widely-agreed-on perspective. I don’t think anyone should have to be kicked out of the place they were born.
How do you feel about german babies born in poland during ww2? Or YTs holding all the land in south africa?
And maybe you should look at your own privileged life from a similar angle.
I look at my own privileged life from many angles. If I don’t belong here, then where do I belong? Some other country I’ve never been to, am not a citizen of, and who hates immigrants? Everyone belongs somewhere.
Well, unless you’re Donald Trump, and want to end birthright citizenship.
Regarding youtubes in South Africa holding all the land – as a leftist I don’t really believe in strong private property rights. The land should be liberated. That doesn’t mean I think they should be kicked out, or that some other country should take them. Well, unless you’re Donald Trump, and want to invite “south african refugees” into your country.
And yet that’s not what I argued at all. Maybe read that again. Of course it’s insane to kick people out from the place they were born in. I just said that this has nothing to do with antisemitism but just pure nationalism. They’re not asking them to leave because they’re jewish but because they’re settler. But again, this entire discussion is stupid anyway, since it’s insane to expect people to leave in mass the place they were born in.
Okay, I see what you’re saying about how it’s not specifically anti-semitism, it’s anti-colonialism. What I consider to be anti-semitic though is the idea that someone is a colonist solely by the virtue of being born Jewish in Israel. (Please note that I’m not claiming something outrageous like no Jew born in Israel is a colonist, or even that the proponderance of colonialist ideology is rare in Israel.)