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From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free

It's weird how they always leave off the second part.

Because recognizing the slogan as a Zionist invention, which advocates for colonizing Palestine from the river to the sea, would destroy their own narrative.
- recognizing the slogan as a Zionist invention
  Clipping off the bit about freedom is a Zionist framing, certainly. But when every expression of Palestinian solidarity is criminalized, there's little to be gained in a debate about "framing". At this point, "Death to Israel" is a perfectly valid and legitimate sentiment. The state is rotten to the core, from its corrupt fascist parliament to its bloody-fisted imperial expansion.
  Pretending that "Israel has a right to exist" is any different than some Boer slogan championing White South Africa or a Neo-Confederate rallying cry for the restoration of America's slave-owning past is what really plays into the Zionist's hands.
I guess it explains it further but the kneejerk reaction to that would be to think in this scenario there's no Israel. So what happened to all the Jews
- They'd live side by side with their Palestinian brothers and sisters peacefully and for the betterment of all mankind?

It's also not even a dogwhistle? Dogwhistles are meant to provide plausible deniability over what you're really signalling. "Decolonize Palestine from the river to the sea" is an extremely straightforward and explicit demand that already says what it means.

There is another saying that uses 'from the river to the sea' and 'decolonize' is not in it. I think that might be the dog whistle they're talking about.
- What saying?

Paul Biggar is a real one, one of the rare successful startup founders who is pushing back on the VC ecosystem as a dissenting voice against the genocide in Gaza.

For those unfamiliar with Paul Biggar, he is a rare dissident from the Zionist infested Venture Capital world.
https://blog.paulbiggar.com/i-cant-sleep/

I do in fact think “from the river to the sea” is neither an acceptable or advisable thing to say
"From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free" is an unacceptable or inadvisable thing to say in the midst of a genocide of the Palestinian people, because it suggests that the state responsible for the genocide shouldn't exist?
I’ll say “free Palestine” all day long but will never use the other slogan.
- “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” is an unacceptable or inadvisable thing to say in the midst of a genocide of the Palestinian people, because it suggests that the state responsible for the genocide shouldn’t exist?
  Uh... yes. Germany exists. Turkey exists. Russia exists. Unless there's something about Israel in particular that you especially don't like but aren't willing to say in public?
Congratulations, Zionists also consider "free Palestine" a dog whistle for the destruction of Israel, so you'd better stop saying that too.
Though at this point, hand ringing about whether people are calling for the destruction in Israel is like hand ringing about whether people were calling for the destruction of Nazi Germany in 1942.
- "Zionism is when you don't want the wholesale dissolution of an entire country"
  That one's going in the .ml hall of fame, thanks
- How'd you come to that conclusion? Are you saying that "From the river to the sea" is distinct from "From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free"?

I think you accidentally posted this on technology, but you were looking for politics.

These are tech companies.
Just replace the word Israel with Russia in your mind and then read the post again and tell me if it suddenly fits.
- Oh jeeze, TIL there's another Figma that doesn't make anime dolls.
- If the person who tweeted that was the head of a fertiliser company, do you think this post would be fit for a gardening community?
- Hmmnope. Replacing it with Russia, or Trump, or whichever political entity didn't make it any less political for me.
  Let's face it: this post does vaguely concern a tech company - in the sense that it wants to highlight the political opinion or quote of a figurehead of a tech company.
  So tell me honestly - is this mostly about tech news, or is it mostly about politics?

Anyone know any good replacements for Figma? I've used it a couple of times over the last few years for brainstorming UI but obviously that won't be happening anymore

Our dev team uses Lucidchart, our UX person uses Figma. I can see the differences as Figma seems targeted towards designers where Lucidchart seems targeted to developers.
Penpot has been getting really good. Can recommend
- Used it yesterday and it's been great, exactly what I was looking for, thanks!