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[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 11 points 3 hours ago

The whole purpose of the Holocaust museums are now bunk, time to replace them with something meaningful I guess.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 5 points 3 hours ago

Sometimes again

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 14 points 7 hours ago

This is literally worse than nothing. It takes until the 2nd paragraph of their corporate-sanitized message before we read:

WE RECENTLY POSTED AN ITEM ON SOCIAL MEDIA [...] THAT WAS EASILY OPEN TO MISINTERPRETATION [...]

"NEVER AGAIN” CAN'T ONLY MEAN NEVER AGAIN FOR JEWS

Actually, that seems to be extremely difficult to misinterpret. It's a very simple, powerful message, that's actually not political at all. To let others make it political, you're really saying " never again, unless it's hard".

[–] Halahoop_eh@lemmy.world 11 points 10 hours ago

When someone tells you who they are, believe them.

[–] hayvan@feddit.nl 4 points 9 hours ago

Relevant user name.

[–] Zozano@aussie.zone 11 points 12 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

Power Rangers!

[–] muzzle@lemmy.zip 31 points 17 hours ago

I suspect some wealthy donator made a few phone calls.

[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 87 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

Dang, even the fucking Holocaust museum won't stand up against another holocaust.

The dusty crater that used to be the site of a dead horse that used to be my faith in humanity just took another beating.

[–] skisnow@lemmy.ca 22 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

What’s particularly suspect is how little coverage this story has got anywhere; I tried both Google and bing to fact check OP and the only sources for it are social media posts. Literally no actual journalistic source on the first page of search seems to have picked this up.

[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 7 points 9 hours ago

Journalism does tend to lag over the weekend. Idk if that'll make a difference here though, with Palestinians being so consistently dehumanized by Western media.

[–] PenguinMage@lemmy.world 8 points 19 hours ago

Dont breathe that in, that's horse dust...

OK that's the end of my joking, this is fucking terrible and everyone should collectively feel worse for this fucking failure. It does not lessen the fucking holocaust to wish no one else suffers the same!

[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 42 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

So "Never again, only for jews". got it.

The ADL is a supremacist hate group that equates Zionism with Judaism. Anti-semitism and holocaust are tools for them to enhance Zionism, and there is certainly overlap between supremacism and religion. The ADL/Supremacism influence over Holocaust museum is imaginable, and now obvious. Historical victimhood as a propaganda link to perpetual supremacy is an effective tool. Most minds cannot distinguish between sympathy support for non-genocide and support for supremacism.

[–] SonOfAntenora@lemmy.world 6 points 13 hours ago

It's been a lot of time now, the victim card smells like rotten flesh. Only the now exists to me.

[–] skisnow@lemmy.ca 11 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

Not even the most cowardly thing they’ve done this week. (Edit: I might be conflating two Holocaust museums)

https://tradersunion.com/news/market-voices/show/479608-holocaust-museum-closes-exhibit/

[–] bear@lemmy.blahaj.zone 193 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Apologizing for publicly being against genocide is pathetic.

[–] Dnb@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

Yeah wtf is going on in this world 😞

Also I do find it funny the image has one arm on the left barely holding the others, like it was always ready to not support them... ironic

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 78 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"Disgusting" was the word that crossed my mind, but "disgustingly pathetic" better captures the vibe.

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 10 points 13 hours ago

Try "repugnant" on for size... if it doesn't work for you just pass it on to someone else.

[–] Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Being against genocide is now anti-Semitic.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

When will they realize that it's shit like this that makes actual anti-semitism a danger for the Jewish Diaspora?

All they are doing is making things more dangerous for Jewish people.

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 hours ago

Zionists don't actually care about Jewish people

[–] BedSharkPal@lemmy.ca 26 points 1 day ago

So many fucking pathetic people and institutions these days.

[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 69 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

So they’re basically saying, “we were wrong, never again means only never again for Jews.”

[–] NoForwadSlashS@piefed.social 20 points 15 hours ago

Actually, I think we should be allowed a little genocide, as a treat.

[–] TheEntity@lemmy.world 84 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I guess them being a holocaust museum doesn't need to imply they are against it. Good to know who they actually are.

[–] kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 23 hours ago

In fact, it would make them rather unusual. For example, the Corvette museum is pretty pro-Corvette.

[–] Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world 60 points 1 day ago

They could have presented a neutral opinion in the vein of "this is not a statement on the situation, however we are proud to have created respectful discourse"

This shit is pathetic.

[–] mrdown@lemmy.world 26 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

How to generate more antisemitism

[–] dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net 35 points 1 day ago

Vocabulary time!

“Pusillanimous” is a word that means “contemptibly timid,” and which applies to a disappointing number of people and institutions these days. Like the Holocaust Museum LA.

[–] Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz 46 points 1 day ago (6 children)

Does this mean they actually think the opposite?

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 37 points 1 day ago

You can have a little genocide, as a treat.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 26 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Yes, absolutely. The people running the Holocaust Museum LA are fascists who support genocide. We should spread the word far and wide so that it is understood by everyone.

Unless they disprove it by putting the message back.

[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They didn’t mean for it to apply to the current genocide, just the hypothetical future genocide that would never happen in real life.

[–] Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz 7 points 23 hours ago

Well I guess factually "never again" wouldn't make sense since the genocide is actively taking place.

[–] Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And how can that be "misinterpreted"?

[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

Basically the house of cards can fall at any second so they need everyone to tow the party line that Palestinians deserve what they are getting.

[–] pdxfed@lemmy.world 8 points 23 hours ago

No, no, we just don't want to have it be misinterpreted that we posted all genocide should be rejected. The current situation in the middle east, if it is or isn't a genocide, does not excuse us for taking the position that all genocide is unacceptable.

Painting with broad strokes that all genocide is wrong is insensitive to those who may have different opinions about the propriety of genocide, and those people are worthy of including in our circle of valued partners and members, who can Never Again tolerate genocide unless we need to on social media.

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 7 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

It means they think whatever their donors pay them to think. I’m guessing they threw a hissy fit and some random employee will be blamed for this even though normal people would not find it even slightly controversial.

[–] lennee@lemmy.world 35 points 1 day ago (1 children)

so they rlly wanted to virtue signal values unless they become relevant? AND THATS THE APOLOGY?

[–] athairmor@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago

“We want to be inclusive except when there are victims that we don’t want to include.”

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Don't any of these people understand how this looks?

[–] WizardofFrobozz@lemmy.ca 6 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

Why would they care about negative opinions when the people expressing negative opinions are mostly worried about appearing non-threatening?

[–] lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Maybe they were pressured into taking it down? Where do they get their money from?

[–] grue@lemmy.world 29 points 1 day ago (1 children)

To bend to pressure from fascists is to support fascism. There is no compromise on that point!

[–] lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

To be clear: I'm trying to understand, not to defend or justify

[–] grue@lemmy.world 7 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

What's to understand? Either they took it down willingly and they're ideologically aligned with the enemy, or they capitulated and they're collaborators with the enemy. It's a distinction without a difference -- either way, they have betrayed everything they previously claimed to stand for and are now the enemy.

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[–] Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

So, are they saying it is ok to commit genocides against non-Jewish ethnic groups, then? I'm not sure what message they're trying to send with this retraction.

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[–] rhvg@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

Well, at least they eliminated the strategic ambiguity on this 🥱

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