It’s all over twitter lately, people getting recorded ripping down posters with a graphic about the missing Israeli children and then their real names are found and are quickly fired from their jobs.

  • weedazz@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    This happened to a Muslim dentist here in Miami. He lost his job as a result. He later clarified he did it to deescalate the situation and promote peace. But the damage has already been done and he is now an antisemite to many.

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      11 months ago

      Did he also explain how tearing down the poster of a missing child would deescalate the situation and promote peace? This line of causation doesn’t seem obvious to me.

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        11 months ago

        I’m more interested in the opinions of the anonymous people who put the posters up, and what they thought it would accomplish