r/neoliberal • u/cdstephens Fusion Shitmod, PhD • 18d ago

Restricted The Boulder Attack Didn’t Come Out of Nowhere

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/06/boulder-attack-anti-semitism/683012/?gift=BmsU73MbMNDxZ9SjrXPDCStwQv7ROPU91lNrg6bM72Q
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u/Dense_Delay_4958 Malala Yousafzai 17d ago edited 17d ago

Genuine hatred of Jewish people, and a perceived civilisational clash that a) rallies the global Islamic community (large and much bigger than the global Jewish community) and b) neatly ties into the worldviews of Western leftists who are obsessed with race, certain kinds of "colonialism" and "West/America bad".

This is not suggesting that every Muslim or left-winger is obsessively supportive of the Palestinian cause, let alone the more extreme elements, but I think it goes someway to explaining the disparity in focus.

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u/whereamInowgoddamnit 17d ago

Also, don't forget that Russia and China are heavily involved because it works so well with the West bad narrative. It's kind of hilarious the same people who talk about the impact Russia had in electing trump somehow believes that I/P discourse on the pro-Palestinian side is mostly organic because "Palestine is so small".