A piece of deepity used by the unthinking part of the left to disguise their actual views, both from themselves and from others.
To the extent that it is true, it is unremarkable: all countries are fake, Palestinians are not (on average) any more or less indigenous to the area than Israelis are, and both Zionism and Palestinian nationalism are recent inventions that are only possible in the context of the broader invention of nationalism in recent centuries.
To the extent that it is false, it is very important to stress its falsehood: Israel has real, material power, and its oppression of Palestinians is very real, material, and immediate. It needs real, material, immediate relief, not abstract philosophical musings.
To the extent that it is true, it is unremarkable: all countries are fake, Palestinians are not (on average) any more or less indigenous to the area than Israelis are, and both Zionism and Palestinian nationalism are recent inventions that are only possible in the context of the broader invention of nationalism in recent centuries.
To the extent that it is false, it is very important to stress its falsehood: Israel has real, material power, and its oppression of Palestinians is very real, material, and immediate. It needs real, material, immediate relief, not abstract philosophical musings.
Zionist: ARE YOU DENYING THAT ISRAEL HAS THE RIGHT TO EXIST?
Leftist: Jews have the right to exist; Israel doesn't because it is an abstraction that necessarily should never take precedence over the lives of...
Unthinking leftist: Israel is FAKE.
Leftist: Look shut up and go play in /r/ChapoTrapHouse while serious people have a discussion
Leftist: Jews have the right to exist; Israel doesn't because it is an abstraction that necessarily should never take precedence over the lives of...
Unthinking leftist: Israel is FAKE.
Leftist: Look shut up and go play in /r/ChapoTrapHouse while serious people have a discussion
by Catty McGee June 04, 2019
The U.S. Department of Justice under Jeff Sessions, who had a woman arrested and convicted for laughing at him.
by Catty McGee May 04, 2017
Esperanto speaker: My cat speaks Esperanto.
Friend: No he doesn't, that's impossible.
Cat: Miaŭ.
Esperanto speaker: See?
Friend: No he doesn't, that's impossible.
Cat: Miaŭ.
Esperanto speaker: See?
by Catty McGee March 10, 2017
meow!!!
by Catty McGee July 21, 2017
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by Catty McGee January 26, 2018
The kind of Republican who doesn't actively support ethnic cleansing* but is merely indifferent to it and will gladly go along with it if it furthers their careers. Named after Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump.
* Note: this does not apply to Palestinians, in whose case they are still in favor of ethnic cleansing.
* Note: this does not apply to Palestinians, in whose case they are still in favor of ethnic cleansing.
by Catty McGee January 08, 2018