@chancerlastly@lionel_trolling "Following the war, neo-Nazis and other white supremacists resurrected the Totenkopf as a hate symbol because of its importance to the SS and it has been a common hate symbol since." You're just wrong. Your own admission of ignorance does not negate the common knowledge of others
@skytopjf Why is it that whenever this topic gets brought up a so many people come out of the woodwork to essentially proclaim that they, too, are so ignorant that they would've gotten a Nazi tattoo if given the opportunity.
@chancerlastly@lionel_trolling That is just false. It is one of the most widely recognizable Nazi symbols. This is like arguing the SS thunderbolts are "not widely identifiable"
@ScooteristSuper@rafaelshimunov It is worn as a symbol of religious devotion. Don't be silly. Same thing as an Anabaptist woman wearing a kapp, or an Orthodox Jewish man wearing a kippah, or an Orthodox Christian woman wearing a veil.
@avygal@Mottel We seem to be talking past each other. I respectfully disagree with you about how one identifies vs what actually makes them Jewish. Have a good day.
@avygal@Mottel I understand, but I am telling you that unless you can prove your claim about her mother's heritage (which you have not provided evidence for), then she is Jewish. Full stop. Sorry if that annoys you. Halakha is Halakha.
@avygal@Mottel Every article I have seen describes her as having a Jewish mother, and one from 10 years ago describes her personal connection to Judaism.
@avygal@Mottel So now we are deciding to go against Halakha all of a sudden and declare a matrilinial Jew is not a "real Jew"? It doesn't matter how she was raised nor how she used to identify. You are contradicting the most basic principle of religious Judaism with your attempt to smear her.
@dinodoodeTV@gayest_tone The Rwandan genocide was not industrialized, which is what OP is arguing and what most genocide scholars have come to a consensus on. That actually is an important distinction, despite both obviously being unimaginably horrific.
@drownedhalls@steveplotnicki@HandalaSpeaks3@infinite_jaz@ADL I think unfortunately this relatively easy to understand solution is being willfully ignored, he is stuck in this odd loop where he doesn't acknowledge the option at all. I've given up trying.
@steveplotnicki@drownedhalls@HandalaSpeaks3@infinite_jaz@ADL I apparently didn't answer clearly enough for you last time. Yes, NYC is a better place to grow up, as is Boston (where my folks landed). My point is that their moving there should be a CHOICE, not forced. Are you understanding my argument or do I need to repeat it again?
@steveplotnicki@drownedhalls@HandalaSpeaks3@infinite_jaz@ADL You implied it. Is my family better off having escaped the Kishinev pogrom? Yes. Would it have been less traumatic if the pogrom never happened and they had left by choice? Also yes. The fact you cannot see the moral flaws in your logic is very concerning.
@steveplotnicki@drownedhalls@HandalaSpeaks3@infinite_jaz@ADL This is a genuinely insane thing to say. It is not a controversial statement to say that people should have a choice to move or not move. That choice is their own to make. Ethnic cleansing is wrong morally and legally, it is mind-blowing that you are arguing otherwise.