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US hip hop star Talib Kweli has been disinvited from a German music festival after refusing to denounce the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS)
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Fair enough. Nothing I've seen about BDS seems against the Jewish people, just Israel but some folks wanna play it safe and link Israel to Judaism and criticism of that state is tantamount to criticism of jewish identity and life.
""As we are also working with public funding we have no other choice than to ask you for an official statement concerning your position towards the BDS," an email from the director read.
Last month German lawmakers approved a resolution denouncing the BDS movement as anti-Semitic, the first European parliament to do so.
The motion vowed not to financially support any projects that call for a boycott of Israel, actively support the BDS movement, or "question Israel's right to exist"
The music festival is getting money from the German government.
Not that shocked.
Europe as a whole has shown that it's still pretty cool with exploiting and killing brown people.
Europe as a whole has shown that it's still pretty cool with exploiting and killing brown people.
Israel is a garbage ass country. and its clear Germany is hard pivoting this way because the optics of that country being accused of doing anything remotely 'anti-semitic' is just too much, i get that.
its just such a shame that the narrative that the Israeli government has been pushing has been bought by western powers and media. BDS is a good cause. and it shouldn't be conflated with anti semitism.
its just such a shame that the narrative that the Israeli government has been pushing has been bought by western powers and media. BDS is a good cause. and it shouldn't be conflated with anti semitism.
Kweli is one of the few somewhat mainstream rappers they could have possibly invited that likely has an opinion on BDS, and it would not have been difficult to assume the answer.
American politicians are all falling over themselves to show the most support for the BDS movement.
Is there any merit to BDS being anti Semitic or is just bad faith conflating Zionism with Judaism?
It's almost like it's a deliberate lie to shield a apartheid state from criticism.
Does Kweli's music have overt calls for boycott? If it doesn't I don't see how the festival can be classified as a project that calls for boycott.
Doesn't answer why it has to be this weirdly specific thing musicians have to agree to.
Painting the support of human rights as antisemitic says more about the adherents of this fascistic form of Zionism than it does the people they're criticizing.
Sounds a lot like the question is forced to form a sort of active suppression. Wouldnt surprise me.
You need to learn the distinction between being anti-semitic and anti-Israel.
Yup. Jewish people are not the same as the Israel gov. I don't see how being against the way Isreal is treating Palestine can be seen as anti-semitic.
Good on him. BDS is anything but an anti semetic organisation. Fuck the people turning anti Zionism into anti semitism. Israel doesn't represent jews.
This is how you show that you are ignorant on this issue.
The confusion in this thread over anti-semitism and what BDS movements stand for is exactly what bastards in the Israeli government and military want.
Well done, you've gobbled up the kool-aid like a good boy.
What the fuck man. Thats totally uncalled for and totally irrelevant to this topic.
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Stupid people are on the rise as well, seems like you're one of them. Usually I'd have urged you to educate yourself, but at this point I genuinely think everybody already knows the crimes being committed by that illegal, apartheid state. It's just that most people like you don't care enough. I humbly ask you to go fuck yourself.
Pretty much. Even if not every supporter of BDS is a anti semit the intention is clear.
Especially in germany those "don't buy" stickers on israeli products are not ok considering the famous "don't buy" campaign by nazis.
Dude fuck off with this bullshit.
Also, fucking Hell Germany. Good on my man for not backing down.
I hope you're being sarcastic, but how the fuck is antisemitism as its intention clear?
Do you mean these things the Nazis used? Does the BDS use similar styled, designed, or otherwise intended to be similar/as hurtful to the ones the Nazis use? Would you mind linking why and how they're similar?
Or do you mean in general that boycotting Israeli goods is similar to the Nazi boycott back then? If so, you're being an ignorant, apartheid state enabler.
In either way, state your sources.
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The sheer level of ignorance in this post is amazing.
There are crimes against humanity inflicted on a daily basis and you are defending any attempt to not support it, let alone stop it.
Just refusing to support war criminals is wrong to you.
So are crimes against humanity, but that doesn't seem to bother you.
Love it how CortexVortex and Xando just left the thread after dropping something like that. Like, try to even back up your position.