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An international (English speaking) socialist Lemmy community free of the "ML" influence of instances like lemmy.ml and lemmygrad. This is a place for undogmatic shitposting and memes from a progressive, anti-capitalist and truly anti-imperialist perspective, regardless of specific ideology.

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That refers to funny image macros and means that generally videos and screenshots are not allowed. Exceptions include explicitly humorous and short videos, as well as (social media) screenshots depicting a funny situation, joke, or joke picture relating to socialist movements, theory, societal issues, or political opponents. Examples would be the classic case of humorous Tumblr or Twitter posts/threads. (and no, agitprop text does not count as a meme)


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[–] [email protected] 50 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

According to a new report released Sunday, 3,309 cases of hate and violence against the LGBTQ community were reported to the Association for LGBTQ Equality in Israel in 2022.

Twenty-five percent of all reports of anti-LGBT incidents occurred during the months of November and December, after the elections and around the time the new government was being sworn in. This is an increase of about 11 percent compared to 2021, when about 2,971 cases were reported. The association reports that the increase is part of a continuing trend in the number of reports in recent years.

But Israel is totally an LGBTQ safe haven, guys...

Like what's the threshold here? How homophobic does a group of people have to be to justify genocide? Can the same argument be made towards Republicans, since a majority of them are homophobic?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Not to mention all the queer people in Palestine who need our support

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Safer than Palestine though right?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 months ago

Yes, only because Israel hasn't bombed Israel yet

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Thanks for the info, it sure is telling.

Just can't think that a question about LGBTQ shouldn't be if you "support" it? I mean do I have to "support" a hetero guy & a hetero girl being together?

Maybe questions should be like: do you like that people love eachother, or do you think you should have a say in how people feel?

IDK, hopefully the future will be better. Right guys? And gals! And transbians! And all of you glorious loving people out there!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

they/them army we're firebombing Salt Lake City

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

No need, the great salt lake is drying up and the city will likely be entirely uninhabitable by 2050.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

God 1 - Mormons 0

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

This looks a lot like antisemitic wojack to me

[–] [email protected] 19 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

It's just some smug wojak. It's one of the plethora of "thin beard + glasses" variants, and this one is based on Tighten.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You're right, looks like it's fine. The nose really seemed like an antisemitic caricature though

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Some people just have big noses, that doesn't make it antisemitic

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Indeed, the reason behind my suspicion (I cannot speak for OP who made the accusation) was that caricatures with unusually large noses representing Israel are often an antisemitic portrayal, regardless of whether the criticism holds true or not.

Criticism of Israel isn't antisemitism, except for when an antisemitic Jewish caricature is used.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

that character is voiced by Jonah Hill, who is Jewish. I'm not blaming you personally, but the image is extremely sus.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Thanks for mentioning it. I also saw the meme and was a bit hmm, and I'm glad to see OP clarify where the format is from.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

that character is voiced by Jonah Hill, who is Jewish. I'm not blaming you personally, but the image is extremely sus, people will go to such extreme lengths to excuse this shit 'haha'

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

That's a point I hadn't considered, thank you for highlighting it. People who knowingly make and spread antisemitic and bigoted memes leverage ambiguity and plausible deniability to facilitate their reach; it's necessary to be ever mindful of nuances in the memes we share if we don't want to unwittingly spread harmful content.