TheFonz

Like we'll be eating some rich people and suddenly the rich guy I'm eating is not lefty halal because they aren't organic or grass fed or some shit.

You keep bringing up the branding of objects or products as a counter to the branding implied when humans are the subject. In the AAP article you linked it is referring to product branding.

I know for sure English is not your language now.

Almost everyone in this thread that did not read the article took the physical scarification implication of the headline.

This in such a weird hill to die on. Unless you are the author of the article it's odd how much effort you are putting into discussing the semantics of branding when it comes to humans. Right now the IDF is committing genocide and there are so many more horrendous acts being neported in actual news sources to refer to but here we are super concerned with explaining how the word "branded" akshuallly really means printed text haha no really gotcha (in every colloquial context - not news articles discussing products! - in the English language when the physical branding of humans is mentioned it is universally taken as physical scarification; Not drawing with a sharpie).

Like, why?

Edit: just reread your comment and just caught the labels. Holy shit,

"filthy little genocide denier"

How sad that even after people mention they agree that Israel is committing heinous acts (I've stated as much numerous times) you can't help yourself. We are all in agreement here that Israel is committing genocide but I want nothing to do with you. You are incapable of discussing anything that disagrees on the slightest fact because your feelings are unable to handle any criticism. I recommend you stick to some safe bubble or echo chamber from now on.

There it is. The same stupid comment about genocide apologia. Even after I explicitly stated the IDF si committing heinous acts

Are you an imbecile? Can you not engage with more than one topic at a time?

Who. In. The fuck. Did any apologia here? What a fucking imbecile thing to write to someone that stated clearly and emphatically that the IDF is committing plenty of heinous acts.

Hoooooly shit.

How insecure do you have to be to just pivot to name calling without engaging with what is being said. Are you a child?

Every single day heinous actions by the IDF are being reported in mainstream news. You're straight lying or stuck in online echo chambers. The fact that this comment has any up votes is really frightening.

I'm curious, are you a native English speaker? In colloquial English the term "branded" is almost never referred to the second point in the Webster dictionary. The term originates from a particular context and the etymology derives from germanic "to burn". I'm not doing the semantic bullshit game that already happened in this thread. No one uses "brand" colloquially for printed form. I suspect you know this.

I think I agree but part of me wonders when the purity testing actually stops...

So... 99% of the users in these comments?

I have a theory that people that willingly post links from this site are doing it on purpose to cause more harm to Palestinians. Hear me out.

• No other news source has confirmed this act.

• Everyone in the comments are assuming the literal and first dictionary definition of branding by physical mutilation.

• People that actually read the article are pointing out that the headline is misleading but they are getting drowned out by pedantic discussions of semantics when it's clear the implication is physical mutilation.

• There is so much heinous actions committed by the IDF but here we are talking about made up news. See where this is going?

There is something fucky going on.

Why don't you stay on topic and instead retreat to ten different other points no one is discussing or disagreeing with?

Deceptive language is being used by both sides. What is 'from the river to the sea' as an example. It doesn't help the cause if you can't concede the most simple facts (ie yeah this article is using ambiguous language to create an inflammatory headline). There is plenty of factual horrible stuff being perpetuated by the IDF - we don't need to make stuff up.

Don't worry. We'll make butter milk out of it lol

Yea no. Try having a nuanced discussion on any (insert heated topic here) on Lemmy and watch the labels fly out faster than the ejaculate of a post pubescent 15 year old.