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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To my read of the original meaning Zionism is the view that there should be a Jewish state across the land that is Israel as well as the West Bank, Gaza and Lebanon.

I also think there is an element of the view that it’s okay to kill, maime, and slaughter in a disproportionate attack on others.  And an unwillingness to accept that fact that by establishing Israel there was harm done to others.

Maybe there is a different term?   Not sure what to use in its place. Have any suggestions?   I certainly am not anti Jewish.  I am also not anti Israeli.  I am anti anyone who think what Israel is doing is ok.

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I'd use nothing as an epithet and just call people out on their actual positions once they make them known. Zionism is just belief in a Jewish homeland the vast majority of Jews share. It doesn't indicate a specific position on the conflict at all. Imo it's jarring to see it used as a slur and it makes people less willing to engage.[/quote]

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