• Iceman@lemmy.world
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    20 hours ago

    The problem is that Germans now just look generally pro-genocidal.

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      20 hours ago

      This is a classic problem of going into one ditch, then oversteering and hitting the opposite ditch.

      Germany has worked so hard on “The Holocaust was terrible, we will forever support the Jews to make up for it” that they’re now supporting a genocidal Jewish state.

      My point is that I understand why this is hard for them. For them to oppose Israel invokes some associations that they really want to keep far away. However, now, supporting Israel invokes the same associations. This puts them in a kind of catch-22 situation, where no matter what they do, they’re invoking associations to the Nazis.

      To be clear: I think the only right thing to do now is to oppose Israel. I just understand why that is exceptionally hard for Germany.