cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/63691775
Posted this in Fediverse Memes but got deleted for some reason, can't imagine why.
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No shit they want people dead, you're saying "death to Israel/America" in general somehow has islamist roots, it's literally a normal saying in Iran dumbass.
Again, you don't know what the fuck you're talking about. I have provided two links backing my point, so far you have used vibes to treat your position as absolute truth.
No shit? I'm not defending them, I'm calling out your bullshit saying Death to X is literal, which no the fuck it isn't.
You lumped in Iran, Afghanistan and Iraq all at the same time, you realize how little in common Iraq has to Afghanistan and Iran? You just mindlessly wrote US state dept enemies from the fucking 2000s, and again, you didn't respond at all to the links literally disproving your bullshit completely lmao. Sit on a stick, Saurkraut
Most usages in the middle east of "Death to X", are not literal and it's embarrassing seeing morons never grasp this lol. Even Wikipedia mentions this, not a mention of this hypothetical "islamist usage" you're talking about. You don't know what you're talking about and that's okay, just know when to shut the fuck about things you have no clue on 👼
Once again, you are accusing me of something I neither said nor intended.
So why all this stupid hostility? Then you agree with me that when Islamists say “Death to America,” they don't just mean the American state. My argument all along is that the phrase “Death to X” is ambiguous, is used ambiguously, and prompts different people to take different actions. To be honest, I don't know what there is to discuss. Even here in this thread, you see people who agree with the “death to US Americans” interpretation rather than "Dissolve the US". The same applies to “Death to Israel.” Hamas, for example, also does not follow the interpretation that you would like to consider the only sensible one when it kills innocent civilians in Israel. If that's not literal, then I don't know what is. I provide empirical evidence that suggests a literal interpretation, while you simply post links that demonstrate that there are other interpretations as well. Which precisely underscores my argument of ambiguity. Do you just want to burn straw men here?
“Death to Israel” will always be ambiguous. It is a slogan intended to provoke. At least when it is used by Muricans (or other westeners). And then tears about the evil and intentionally wrong interpretations of the other side are shed when the provocation succeeds, which was the plan from the outset. It's the same tactic you hear from Karoline Leavitt every other day. Here in Sauerkrautland, the fascists are doing the same thing, of course. But it's a pathetic tactic for leftists. That's why you mostly hear it from internet edglords or armchair revolutionaries.