I agree that this is whataboutism.

But all this being called names on Lemmy makes me a bit cynical. I honestly apologize and edit my post.

Words are cheap nowadays. Read the Israeli answer to the South African claim in The Hague. The intent, which is important in the definition of genocide, is completly lacking. There are some war crimes, but not genocide, at least not at the moment.

Just one more thing: The IDF warns civilians before bombing. Which other army in the world does that? (To be fair: according to the BBC there are some mistakes in the information.)

Like I implied, obviously not everything is well in Israel. But generally, the term “pink washing” is not useful. Also the war in gaza is not a genocide, but that’s a different topic, I guess.

Edit: Andrei S. Markovits https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrei_Markovits

Edit 2: This is no appeal to authority, the argument is good.

Like Andrei S. Markovits once said, some criticisim of Israel is really “damned if you do, and damned if you don’t”. When Israel would discriminate against LGBTQ like other countries in the middle east, it would be used against them. But if it does not, it is still used against Israel. What do you want Israel to do? Discriminate against LGBTQ or not? You’re just against Israel per se, let’s be honest. I think this is really unfair criticism.

Why should my ISP care if I use a seedbox?

Generally I stream with plex/audiobookshelf from my seedbox. Without a VPN.

I am using Ultra.cc, and do not have issues with seeding

Sorry, the claim that Netanyahu is a nazi, is historically wrong and trivializes the nazis.

You could name Netanyahu anything in the world. Why call him a nazi?

There are no “semitic people”. The term was invented 1879 by William Marr and he definetly meant jews and not arabs.