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| Ryuu96 said: Asmongold is truly a piece of shit, shame people like him have such a huge platform. |
Never heard of him, you made me look him up.
Popular streamer Asmongold has ignited controversy after making inflammatory comments about Palestine during a livestream.
On October 14, 2024, while discussing the ongoing conflicts in Palestine and Lebanon, the streamer stated he had “no sympathy” for the people of Palestine, describing them as “terrible people” from “an inferior culture.” He went on to say that Palestinians “would be the ones doing the genociding if they had the power to do so,” while referencing Sharia law in his remarks.
The comments come amidst reports of human rights violations in Palestine and food shortages in Northern Gaza, according to the United Nations. While Asmongold acknowledged that some people were caught in the crossfire, he reiterated his stance, stating, “At the end of the day, this is an immoral, evil culture. I truly believe that.”
Clips of the stream quickly circulated online, leading to widespread backlash. Critics have called for Twitch to ban his account, labeling his statements as hate speech. Many have also questioned the relationships between Asmongold’s streaming organization, OTK, and its sponsors and developers. Asmongold, streaming on his alternate channel zackrawrr, has since debated fellow streamer Hasan Piker on the topic of Palestine. As of now, neither his main account nor his alternate account has faced consequences from Twitch.
Sadly there are lots of these on YouTube. Dehumanization of Palestinians has been ongoing for 76 years.
In Canada we have a special abbreviation for this particular kind of racism (APR), recently mentioned by Aljazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/longform/2024/10/14/in-shadow-of-israels-war-on-gaza-palestinian-diaspora-fights-to-be-heard
In Canada, this wave of hate has fuelled a push by Palestinian Canadians to name and recognise anti-Palestinian racism as a distinct form of discrimination – and take concrete action to address it.
“I know a lot of Palestinians, now they are hiding their identity. They don’t speak up. They don’t say that they are from Palestine because they are scared that they are going to be targeted,” said Alsaafin.
https://www.cjpme.org/fs_245
Systemic Anti-Palestinian Racism
CJPME Factsheet 245, published June 2024: This factsheet explores various facets of anti-Palestinian racism (APR), detailing how it manifests at institutional, structural, and systemic levels within Canadian society. It underscores the absence of formal definitions of APR in federal policy, highlighting instances where Canadian institutions perpetuate discriminatory practices against Palestinians, impacting their rights, immigration policies, and public perception.
Anti-Palestinian racism is a form of anti-Arab racism that silences, excludes, erases, stereotypes, defames or dehumanizes Palestinians or their narratives. Anti-Palestinian racism takes various forms including:
- Denying the Nakba and justifying violence against Palestinians;
- Failing to acknowledge Palestinians as an Indigenous people with a collective identity, belonging and rights in relation to occupied and historic Palestine;
- Erasing the human rights and equal dignity and worth of Palestinians;
- Excluding or pressuring others to exclude Palestinian perspectives, Palestinians and their allies;
- Defaming Palestinians and their allies with slander such as being inherently antisemitic, a terrorist threat/sympathizer or opposed to democratic values.[1]
It's a tragedy, armed struggle is the only option left for Palestinians
https://www.dsausa.org/democratic-left/why-palestinians-engage-in-armed-struggle/
