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9. A horrible, hateful, evil, cruel, disgusting, dehumanizing event that stains human history. So what do we human do?
Sun Nov 9, 2025, 11:31 AM
Sunday

We do it again!

The Nakba is the Israeli ethnic cleansing of Palestinian Arabs through their violent displacement and dispossession of land, property, and belongings, along with the destruction of their society and the suppression of their culture, identity, political rights, and national aspirations.

Regarding the 'rise in antisemitism', if Israel displayed a completely different symbol on their flag, rather than the six pointed star, it would be clear that those who disagree with Israel's global politics are protesting Israel's policies -not the entire Jewish religion.

Found:

I stopped wearing the Star of David because it has become a symbol of supremacy and fascism
In October 2023, I proudly wore my Star of David necklace to an emergency rally for Gaza, but a year later I could no longer wear it. Israel has made it impossible to divorce this symbol from the unfathomable devastation carried out under its banner.
By Anna Lippman November 9, 2024

Anna Lippman is a 3rd generation Ashkenzi Jewish migrant on Turtle Island. She is a PhD student in the Sociology department at York University. Anna organizes with several groups in Toronto including Showing Up for Racial Justice and Independent Jewish Voices.

""Like the swastika, there is nothing wrong with the star in and of itself; this symbol existed before Israel and will exist after Israel’s demise. Yet, this symbol which was once an integral part of how I show my identity, is now synonymous with the cruelty and evil of the Zionist regime. When Palestinians look at this symbol, which has been used to represent Jewish supremacy and Palestinian destruction, they do not feel a distinction between this symbol when it is blue and in between two stripes or if it is gold and around my neck. Both represent the destruction of the Palestinian people. ""

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We have to be reminded, don't we? Aussie105 Sunday #1
First- are you suggesting the Nazi atrocities should be forgotten? sarisataka Sunday #2
Feel better now? JoseBalow Sunday #5
Yes! wolfie001 Sunday #6
Yeah, because shitting on a Kristallnacht anniversary post is definitely "NOT antisemitism." SunSeeker Sunday #11
I guess they think that BN was somehow behind it? Lancero Sunday #14
SunSeeker is right Hieronymus Phact Sunday #15
I did think of that repercussion wolfie001 Sunday #36
Some certainly do! Behind the Aegis Sunday #13
This post is so fkd up JI7 Sunday #18
"Dachau. Why does it still stand? Why do we keep it standing?" sarisataka Sunday #3
always remember Skittles Sunday #4
Always remember. Aussie105 Sunday #26
did I say they did? Skittles Sunday #27
Ironically, "Nuremberg" opened this weekend. COL Mustard Sunday #7
Kristallnacht must have been the sudden realization of German Jews..... 70sEraVet Sunday #8
A horrible, hateful, evil, cruel, disgusting, dehumanizing event that stains human history. So what do we human do? Exp Sunday #9
So should Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Finland, Switzerland, Georgia and England remove the CROSS from their flag? SunSeeker Sunday #10
Exactly! So it's NOT about religion! IT IS ABOUT POLICIES! It's wrong to keep playing the victim when the victim is the Exp Sunday #16
If it's not about religion, why say the Star of David should go? What "policy" is that? SunSeeker Sunday #19
Because it's now an oppressive symbol. See text:: Exp Sunday #20
The Star of David is not synonymous with fascism. To argue otherwise is antisemitic. SunSeeker Sunday #22
Source: Exp Sunday #25
I don't care what "source" you found that insane quote in. Equating the Star of David with fascism is antisemitic. SunSeeker Sunday #29
No, Mondoweiss is not a legitimate news source. lapucelle Sunday #30
Antisemitism today is not sarisataka Sunday #12
How can we forget, we are reminded of it daily, replicated. twodogsbarking Sunday #17
Well, considering the rise in Anti-semitism "thanks to" drumphf, and Miller... electric_blue68 Sunday #21
Holy F refers to people who have no problem forgetting. Hard for me to believe. twodogsbarking Sunday #23
Oh! Well, then My Apologies!! I obviously didn't follow your posts correctly! electric_blue68 Sunday #24
I am not always clear especially when I get pissed because people refuse to believe what happened then. twodogsbarking Monday #37
I can understand that. Thank you for your very kind words. electric_blue68 Monday #38
When I was in my 20s I worked with older people who either served in WW2 or twodogsbarking Monday #39
It was such a traumatic expetience. Some soldiers never talked about it, some did. electric_blue68 Monday #40
There is a lot to unpack in the whole situation. Aussie105 Sunday #28
There is no "situation to unpack" on this thread. The OP is in commemoration of the 87th anniversary of Kristallnach lapucelle Sunday #31
What is there to unpack sarisataka Sunday #32
Unless, of course, you want to unpack this... lapucelle Sunday #33
No one is sneering at anything. Aussie105 Sunday #34
Ah, so the unpacking begins when someone works out why they are dismissive of Holocaust commemorations lapucelle Sunday #35
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