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Panjandrum's avatar

I found myself mentally nodding vigorously to "(My only reservation here: the so-called “Jewish Holocaust” that we have all been told about endlessly ever since the 1960s sorely needs to be re-examined by everyone, including Albanese and Hedges. So many continue refer to it as a kind of “gold standard” by which to measure all other extreme cruelties by people against other people.)".

From a semantic verbiage point of view, there are couple ways to reclaim the word holocaust. We could use it without qualification to refer to the ongoing Gaza genocide and not be apologetic about it. We could also use it willy-nilly to refer to all other genocides such as the chruchill-inflicted Bengal famine of 1942 where upwards of 3M folks perished. Or the American supported German genocide and rape of at least 1M Germans post-world war2 etc. That way we first remove jews' ability to use that word for themselves alone.

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Kali Prajita's avatar

This is an important interview, which I hope is watched widely. Francesca's frankness and honesty are refreshing - or would be if the subject matter weren't so dire.

Which is why I'm reluctant to address the subject of *The Holocaust", the primacy of Jewish Suffering and their eternal innocence. - Things in which Francesca Albanese obviously genuinely believes,

I'm pleased she's not of the "vengeful, jealous, genocidal god" cult which seems to define so many of her fellow Jews (not to absolve a culpable West for it's part in so many atrocities).

But supremacism is supremacism, even when it's the supremacy of ones, or ones group's, perceived suffering.

That's why I'd like to gently remind the very lovely Ms Albanese that many tens of millions of souls lost their lives during that bloodiest, and most lied about, war in human history. Each of whom had families that suffered as a result

Thank you (and you Mr Hedges) for speaking out. 🙏💚🇵🇸

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