• hitmyspot
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    7 months ago

    My interpretation is your interpretation too.

    However, getting a taste of their own medicine, as a phrase, normally means it is justified and/or deserved. So, it could be interpreted as being gleeful in Jewish people being targets. I don’t think it is. I think she’s just pointing out that the use of terrorist actions by Israel affects ordinary Jews with nothing to do with the conflict, just like ordinary muslims have been affected for the last 20+ years.

    I think the fact that multiple people are getting cancelled over their support for Palestine is worrying. Especially as it doesn’t seem related to a public backlash, but comes from those with power. Maybe heavy handed PR protection. Maybe using influence they have to support Israel.

    As I type it, I realize that this is how conspiracy theories about Jewish secret influence starts. That’s not what I mean. I hope I keep my agent.

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      7 months ago

      Is that what the phrase normally means? Or is that just the most commonly held opinion by those offended by it?

      The basis of the phrase only seems to mean that something is happening to someone who would normally be doing it to others. It offers no justification at all. Except perhaps poetically.

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        7 months ago

        There’s also a difference between saying “getting a taste” and “getting a taste of your own…”.

        One is just saying that you are experiencing what others have experienced, which is what she said.

        The other is putting forward an accusation which she is obviously not doing in that statement.

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          Yes, but they are quite close phrases, so it’s not a huge leap for someone to make, in earnest. I assume an easier leap for concern trolls.