• deegeese
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    9 months ago

    A member of the police cannot wear a symbol of genocide as part of their uniform.

    It’d be like wearing a KKK patch in the American south.

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      9 months ago

      The star of David is a Jewish symbol. The Jewish religion is separate from the Israeli government. The government may be committing genocide in the name of the religion, but that doesn’t mean the entire religion is genocidal.

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        9 months ago

        Upon viewing the patch, it’s pretty clear it’s a monotone flag of the state of Israel, not just a Star of David

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          9 months ago

          Considering the Israeli flag is just the star of David with a couple stripes, I’m not surprised the article missed that distinction. I don’t think the police should have the patch regardless, just to be clear.

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          9 months ago

          Canada attempted genocide on the first Nations, remove the Canadian flag from their uniform

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        9 months ago

        While this is entirely true, it’s also true that Israel is using the Star of David as a hate symbol, for example spraying it on desecrated Palestinian buildings. It’s like the swastika, originally used peacefully in religious contexts but now adopted by fascists as a hate symbol, and it’s unfortunate for everyone who used that symbol legitimately.

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        9 months ago

        Cool.

        So you’d be OK with a cop wearing a Hamas patch when interacting with Jewish members of the public?

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          9 months ago

          No, I’m not okay with the police having any such patches. My comment wasn’t about that though.

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            9 months ago

            So you wanted to agree on the issue but be pedantic on the wording?

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          9 months ago

          I hate these kinds of comments.

          They said absolutely nothing of the sort.

          Taking someone’s valid point and then accusing them of some outlandish thing, completely fabricated by you, on the extreme other side of the spectrum of the context is just a stupid way of interacting with others.

          It really just betrays how childish you are and how horribly distorted your world view/psychological condition in general is.

            • PlantJam@lemmy.world
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              9 months ago

              Which is why my comment clearly differentiates between the Jewish religion and the Israeli government.

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              9 months ago

              Funny, people sure seem to act like it is.

              The Star of David is fine, I’ve got concerns about the Israeli flag. Those bars do a lot of painful lifting there.

              Though also I’m actually wondering why a cop is allowed to display their religious symbols on their uniforms. I’d be super uncomfortable to see a cop with a cross or a mjolnir so maybe they shouldn’t have a Star of David or a crescent or even a pentacle. Maybe they shouldn’t be thought of as religious but just civil servants until they take their uniform off

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      9 months ago

      The thin blue line flag is an overtly fascist neo-nazi symbol and cops all over America wear those patches, so I see what you’re trying to say, but your second sentence is pretty… interesting.

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      9 months ago

      Then why do they wear a Canadian flag on their uniform? I’m of native blood so I’d love it if we applied your rules across the board

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        9 months ago

        How do you think this is a gotcha? Canadian flag is there just because its their country, but if we could dismantle the shitty white supremacists colonial states and get rid of their flag that would be based too!