My dad’s always been an anti-intellectual prick but now he’s a smug one having his worst impulses reinforced by assholes on the internet and his workplace.

  • FunkyStuff [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    16 days ago

    The only good think I can think of when it comes to their political views is that they oppose Israel, but they don’t oppose Israel because they feel bad for Palestine and are actually anti-imperialist. They just oppose zionists because they don’t like jews

    classic hear that. Several years ago I was talking about the history of Palestine with my dad and it was so obvious to me that he only became receptive to the idea that Palestinians have a right to not undergo genocide when I explained that there’s a significant Palestinian Christian minority. And I’ve had like 4 arguments with him over how Jews as a whole have nothing to do with Israel. The antisemitic conspiracy theory mind is immune to evidence and any kind of nuance is what I’ve sadly found.

    • 51dz31 [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
      9·
      16 days ago

      When I talked to my dad about Palestine he just said that “arabs and jews are natural enemies” and “they will always fight”. When I watched a play on TV about polish antisemitic campaign in 1968 they got annoyed and said the jews “deserved it” (literally). Unfortunately I don’t see a way to change my parents’ views on things like that