In my anecdotal experience, Chinese diaspora people in SEAsia love Zionism.
I once lurked in a forum where people were enthusiastically touting Singapore as the "Israel of the East"---a bright light of civilisation in a "region of barbarians who hate us".
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I once lurked in a forum where people were enthusiastically touting Singapore as the "Israel of the East"---a bright light of civilisation in a "region of barbarians who hate us".
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+ Hatred of the brown Muslim Other
+ Trauma and discrimination, serving as justification for
+ Ethnic exceptionalism and regional hegemony.
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I am not that, anymore, thankfully.
Much of this has to do with:
(a) Listening to Jewish people speak out against Zionism;
(b) Having a heart.
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Just this morning I stumbled across some acquaintances from a churchy group I used to be part of, arguing for why the think Israel's war on Iran is justified, repeating racist, Islamophobic, hasbara type shit.
Fucking embarrassing.
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