• taiphlosion
    172·
    1 year ago

    I love how people are downvoting this as if it’s not part of the Israeli government’s policy 💀 cope harder bruh

    • ComradeSalad
      91·
      1 year ago

      Because it’s genocide rhetoric and is disgusting if Israel is doing it, and if anyone is doing it.

    • Rania 🇩🇿
      9·
      1 year ago

      the service is also long, it’s 32 months for men and 24 for women, allowing for bigg number

  • porcupine
    413·
    1 year ago

    I confess I’m not a fan of meme posts outside of designated communities generally, but I really don’t see what good comes from memes that are just text over a bloody six pointed star or similar. The vibes are bad no matter what the text says.

    • Ultimate CommunistOP
      171·
      1 year ago

      ?? This is not a meme. I am quoting an Israeli embassy policy and I am linking the embassy website.

      • porcupine
        510·
        1 year ago

        My criticism isn’t of the link or the information you’re communicating in the text. My criticism is of the image you chose to sell it. I know it’s based on the occupation’s flag. When the occupation designed their flag, they used clear visual language to sell a key part of their mythology: that Judaism = “Israel”. They depend on that mythology being adopted by their allies and their enemies. When we repeat their visual language, I believe we help them spread and normalize that part of their mythology. Every piece of propaganda they produce emphasizes the six pointed star in bright clean colors to communicate: “Israel = Jews = good”. When we repeat and invert that visual language (dark sinister colors, blood, etc.) while still prominently centering a six pointed star, I think it’s easy to see how that can still reinforce the central mythology that the occupation needs the world to internalize.

        Please understand, I don’t mean to single you out, and I’m not saying you had bad intentions. I’ve seen variations on this image posted as a quote background a few times now, including others putting my comments over it, and it struck me as something I should share my feelings about since I keep seeing it. It just strikes me as an artistic theme that’s easily misunderstood and just as easily avoided without losing anything of value.