@ErikvanStraten @seachanger "never again" means condemning the fascists when they rise again, not insisting that neofascism is an impossibly and accusing anyone who dares speak up as offending the "real victims of fascism". It's completely counterproductive. Fascism is not an event, it is an ideology and a playbook that must be understood in order to prevent it from succeeding. To honor the spirit of "Never Again", we should speak out. Just as I condemn Trumpism and AfD, I condemn the ruling coalition of the Israeli government, especially its most radicaly racist members.

@burnoutqueen : a bit of info about my perspective (feel free to ignore).

I lived in Indonesia for 6 years starting 1966 (my father was teacher on a theological school, I became an atheist).

As a Dutch kid (6 - 12 years old) I experienced *a bit* of what discrimination feels like. Although in general Indonesian people will do their utter best to appear polite, many of them were not yet prepared to forgive how Dutch soldiers acted like monsters in their country (trying to prolong the occupation of Indonesia by the Netherlands). Their kids were not so polite, they used to scold in particular me and my 1 year younger sister, often like "londoh, londoh" - slang for "Belanda" (which is how Indinesian people call the Netherlands and Dutch citizens).

Also many kids would stare at us, or start pulling hair out of our arms and legs - to see if that was for real (they do not usually have hair growth there).

Chinese people living there worked harder and were better in creating successfull businesses. They were more and more hated by Indonesians for that. Their shops and houses were burned and people were murdered. Many Chinese people changed their last names to be less suspicious.

Watching the Olympics a bit, I keep being surprised of the amount of *similarities* between people who look and/or think differently, have another religion, prefer their own gender, feel they're in the wrong body etcetera.

IMO it is a good thing that every person is unique. Unfortunately that may also invoke hatred or make people more greedy.

We all share one globe, let's enjoy life and stop destroying someone else's.

@seachanger