Twitch says ‘Zionist’ can be a punishable slur.
www.theverge.com
After calls for Twitch to address antisemitism on the platform, the site’s hateful conduct policy now includes “Zionist” as a potential slur. Twitch specifies this is conditional: you’re allowed to discuss the political movement of that name, but not “attack or demean another individual or group of people on the basis of their background or religious belief.”
    • just another dev@lemmy.my-box.devEnglish
      14·
      4 hours ago

      I’m still not sure what it means, judging by the comments here it (murderer / terrorist etc) it does seem to be used as a slur. So yeah, using the definition instead would be useful.

        • just another dev@lemmy.my-box.devEnglish
          21·
          3 hours ago

          I just told you I I’m not sure of the definition, so asking me what I think it means is pointless. Though I’m pretty sure it’s not a group you can join like ISIS, right?

        • JackbyDev@programming.devEnglish
          32·
          1 hour ago

          They’re saying that in the same way terrorist is not always a slur but is used as a slur sometimes, Zionist can be used as a slur. I think it’s a fair take. It’s odd to specifically list Zionist as a contextual slur when you can just say no slurs.

          I don’t know if I fully agree but that’s their argument as I understand it.

          • Delphia@lemmy.world
            41·
            2 hours ago

            If you refer to the Muslim man in the bomb vest as a terrorist its fine, if you refer to all muslim men as terrorists its a slur.

            Refering to Israeli generals and politicians as Zionists is fine, If you refer to all Jewish people as Zionists…