Israeli settlers beat U.S. citizen to death in West Bank (www.npr.org)
from Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 13 Jul 09:08
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Tempus_Fugit@midwest.social on 13 Jul 10:01 next collapse

They must have been antisemites. /s

WanderingThoughts@europe.pub on 13 Jul 11:34 collapse

It was in self defence /s

JustJack23@slrpnk.net on 13 Jul 12:22 next collapse

beat to death

They still can’t bring themselves to even say kill…

In any other context this would be called inhumane execution or hate crime…

unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de on 13 Jul 14:26 next collapse

Meh, Israel does often get neutrally framed headlines, but “beat to death” is imho worse sounding than “killed” as it inherently implies a kind of barbaric character that shooting someone does not. Its not like those “died from …” where the perpetrator is left unnamed. Everything is there in this case: WHO / HOW / WHAT = ISRAELI SETTLERS / BEAT / TO DEATH

SaltySalamander@fedia.io on 13 Jul 16:43 next collapse

Of all the things to get outraged about.

bramkaandorp@lemmy.world on 13 Jul 17:46 next collapse

In this case, kill would have been less specific, more sanitized.

I think being specific was better.

mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 13 Jul 18:39 collapse

I’d argue that specificity is crucial here. “Kill” could be any number of methods, many of them relatively quick or accidental. Maybe he was shot in the head or hit by a car and killed instantly. But “beaten to death” is a pretty gruesome way to go out by most standards, and it isn’t something that just happens by accident. It makes it clear that he didn’t just have an accident; it was an intentional act, committed by people with blood literally on their hands.

The sanitized version would be the same kind of passive voice BS that cops use when issuing public statements.

[deleted] on 13 Jul 12:29 next collapse
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Grimy@lemmy.world on 13 Jul 13:49 next collapse

They didn’t know he was white on the inside.

TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com on 13 Jul 15:19 next collapse

Some of us still think of you, too, Rachel Corrie.

SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world on 13 Jul 20:42 next collapse

But don’t you see how this is antizionism antisemitism?

gmtom@lemmy.world on 13 Jul 21:49 next collapse

The US: “Thats is completely and utterly unnaceptable… heres a fuck ton of money so you can buy guns and do it the right way next time”

gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de on 13 Jul 22:56 collapse

guns will make us safer because then the bad guys can shoot the badder guys and that will make us bigly successful.

massive /s of course

gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de on 13 Jul 22:56 collapse

Hey that’s antisemitic. You implied that Israel has made a mistake, which is impossible and very antisemitic of you to say.