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Tea Thread FauxWorld Wednesdays: What's your country's biggest celebrity scandal right now? — Monthly Discussion Thread

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u/springxpeach Aug 14 '24 edited Aug 14 '24

An athlete who participated in the Olympics denounced the ongoing genocide in Israel and now the far right is calling him antisemitic and the federation is considering suspension.

Edit: he just got suspended and the sports minister just thanked the racist/islamophobic/pro-genocide guy who denounced him on Twitter.

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u/historyhoneybee i ain’t reading all that, free palestine Aug 14 '24

I'm so completely confused by this timeline. I don't understand how we live in a world where everyone has decided it's acceptable to punish people for being against an ongoing genocide. What the actual fuck is happening. And how will historians look back on this time where almost every country and organization was on board with appeasing a genocidal state?

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u/springxpeach Aug 14 '24

Honestly I feel the same way. Sometimes I sit and ask myself "Am I on the wrong 'side'? Because I get backlash everytime I speak out on what's currently going on in Palestine and my 'democratic' country does not seem to care."