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[–] Daxter101@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Aggregate public opinion, both the real, and especially through bullshit polls during authoritarian (read: dangerous) times, is at the whims of the government.

If the government bombards people with an idea, people without a robust opinion, will believe it.

Hate the people who act. The government, and the part of the public that is taking real Zionist action, participating in the ideology.

As I said in the other comment, the idea of "Israelis" is not real enough to justify hating the group. Putting all of them in the same basket is racism, because many of them (perhaps 20%, doesn't change my argument), have neither the desire nor the power to contribute to the genocide, and part of those is fighting against.

Name the groups you hate by their real characteristic (violent fascists), because hating "people of a nation" is just being racist, and missing what the actual danger is.