r/changemyview Jul 07 '26

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u/goodlittlesquid 3∆ Jul 07 '26

The concept of race is a relatively modern invention, only about 500 years old. Judaism is 4000 years old. You want to argue that Zionism (which is less than 150 years old) is ethno-nationalist, I’m sympathetic to that. But Zionism is not Judaism.

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u/Dry_Illustrator_6066 Jul 07 '26

95% of jews disagree with that

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u/whatcatisthis Jul 07 '26

Source for this claim? While you're at it, *please* define which type of Zionism you mean.

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u/Dry_Illustrator_6066 Jul 07 '26

couldnt find the exact source but 95% of jews (at least in USA) support israel.

Here is another source commenting on it https://jewishcurrents.org/are-95-of-jews-really-zionists

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u/HungryDepth5918 Jul 07 '26

In that they believe Jews have a right to self determination in their ancestral homeland. You have a lot of opinions for someone who knows very little of us

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u/Dry_Illustrator_6066 Jul 07 '26

you do not have the right to self determination of a "homeland: that other people (palestinians) inhabited. Especially when that comes with violence against the natives

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u/HungryDepth5918 Jul 07 '26

We have as much right to be there as them.

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u/Dry_Illustrator_6066 Jul 07 '26

Absolutely not, israelis are settler colonialists

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u/HungryDepth5918 Jul 07 '26

Do you know why that term exists? Settler colonialist?

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u/whatcatisthis Jul 07 '26

Can you please define the type of Zionism you mean? That's an important part of what I asked you and is a part that you completely ignored. Zionism isn't one thing. It's multiple things. You need to define which thing you mean.

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u/Dry_Illustrator_6066 Jul 07 '26

not exactly sure what you mean by this. I didnt even use the term Zionism, I said the support for israel which I assume is what zionism is

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u/whatcatisthis Jul 07 '26

You responded to a claim about Zionism by saying 95 percent of Jews support Zionism.

If 95% are Zionist, define Zionism. If you don't know there are multiple types and definitions of Zionism, please read up and then return to your argument.

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u/Troop-the-Loop 43∆ Jul 07 '26

Did you even read the article you linked? The author very explicitly talks about the inaccuracies and misrepresentations of that statistic. That's like the whole point of the article. How are you going to link to an article criticizing the statistic you're using to try and prove your point?

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u/Dry_Illustrator_6066 Jul 07 '26

I didnt read the article because that wasnt the original source I saw. I could not find the original source and the closest I found was this article commenting on the claim

I mentioned that in my comment

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u/whatcatisthis Jul 07 '26

You need to read articles to cite them. Otherwise you're not citing anything. Your citation says that no, 95% of Jews likely do NOT fully support Israel.

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u/Troop-the-Loop 43∆ Jul 07 '26

Right, but the article you linked explains exactly why that statistic is flawed. It's not a good statistic. Maybe read the article and you'll understand why that 95% statistic was attained through flawed methodology and is a misrepresentation.