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Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: jdyoung <jdyoung1@ymail.com> Newsgroups: comp.misc,alt.politics.international Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?Re=3A_Twitch_Says_=E2=80=9CZionist=E2=80=9D_Can_Be_A_Puni?= =?UTF-8?Q?shable_Slur?= Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2024 15:19:28 -0500 Organization: ...and justice for all Lines: 24 Message-ID: <vi01og$2cfop$2@dont-email.me> References: <vhggo1$1fcq6$1@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2024 21:19:28 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="c4b5cc123e803bb82a1a891fc7187acd"; logging-data="2506521"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX180Khn+h2cN8SJ+PMVyuevn/tEpPRi5IuU=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:oxfNhYRQ0RnHNUhMVhiE+DvxBUE= In-Reply-To: <vhggo1$1fcq6$1@dont-email.me> Content-Language: en-US X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Antivirus: Norton (VPS 241124-4, 11/24/2024), Outbound message On 11/18/2024 5:57 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > Now you can be accused of slurring someone by using a term they coined > to describe their own movement? > <https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/15/24297474/twitch-says-zionist-can-be-a-punishable-slur>. > > Twitch are saying you cannot “attack or demean another individual or > group of people on the basis of their background or religious belief”. > > Whose fault is it, exactly, that “Zionist” has become a disreputable > term? Could it be because the whole point of Zionism is to engage in > activities that the world is increasingly recognizing as being > disreputable? What became of 'Oriental rugs' or the "United Negro College Fund' or 'NAACP'? Can't say 'midget' any longer either. -- J Young jdyoung1@ymail.com