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 4, 2019