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Re: Replit founder Amjad Masad isn’t afraid of Silicon Valley

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Ridiculous. Most of the world has a negative view of Zionism, as they should, and ethnosupremacy in general.

Most of the world has a positive view of self-determination for every other group; Ukrainians, Palestinians, the Irish, etc.

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Re: Replit founder Amjad Masad isn’t afraid of Silicon Valley

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Think about what you're saying. Zionism the idea that a particular ethnic group (the Jews) will have the authority to determine what happens in their country (Israel). That is a textbook case of ethnic supremacism. And that's not even mentioning the violent expulsion of the Arabs that this de facto entailed.

Most Zionists have a goal of preserving a Jewish majority for pragmatic reasons - history has shown that it's the only way to ensure the safety of Jews. That's not a supremacist ideology at all. Moreover, no country is perfect, and we shouldn't have double standards just for Israel. Can you identify any other Middle Eastern country that compares favorably, in terms of diversity and tolerance of all religions and ethn…

Zionists aren't indigenous to Palestine and have no right to that land.

Re: Replit founder Amjad Masad isn’t afraid of Silicon Valley

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Why are they racist? I assume you're not saying that some people are born racist, and other people are born anti-racist.

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Someone with a tendency towards racist generalisations might start disliking a particular group due to the zeitgeist identifying "disliking the behaviour of a political entity" with "disliking all members of an ethnic group", though. If they previously didn't hold any such views, then they would go from "not racist" to "racist". (If you disagree with my category boundaries, you can construct your own similar example for your preferred category boundaries.)

Just because something's wrong, that doesn't mean it's illogical. A logical conclusion from flawed premises is still logical.

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Trying to frame the violent expulsion of Palestinians from their homeland as just "Jews trying to live in their own homeland".. isn't working in 2026 and nobody needs to read the thoughts of a man who saw Cecil Rhodes as a kindred spirit.

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Re: Replit founder Amjad Masad isn’t afraid of Silicon Valley

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The majority of Americans are of British ancestry and the polarization between Dems and Reps is pretty high. You think that a coastal elite immigrant British descendant and Asian-American are farther apart than the same chap and a similar counterpart in Appalachia? I doubt it.

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I will remind you that most of the world and many Americans consider what is happening in Gaza a genocide: the intent to destroy a group in whole or in part. Israel intends ethnic cleansing by genocidal means and continues to attack civilians despite a "ceasefire". Just today I got a terrified text message from a teacher as they airstriked in her camp while she lives in a partly destroyed house that cannot be repaired. They previously bombed the ppl in tents outside who had run from the north with nothing.

I hope there is some humanity left in this country.

Re: Replit founder Amjad Masad isn’t afraid of Silicon Valley

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interesting hearing his justification for working w Saudi but not Israel: He says he would never work with Israel now. “I think it’s an illegitimate and criminal government,” he told me during our gun safety training. “I mean, [Benjamin] Netanyahu is a war criminal.” When I pointed out that Saudi Arabia has its own abysmal human rights record, Masad drew a contrast. “I just think about how Replit is going to be used.…

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Re: Replit founder Amjad Masad isn’t afraid of Silicon Valley

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Trying to frame the violent expulsion of Palestinians from their homeland as just "Jews trying to live in their own homeland".. isn't working in 2026 and nobody needs to read the thoughts of a man who saw Cecil Rhodes as a kindred spirit.

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