Right wing authoritarianism isn’t subtle.
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added context:
Here is what Ben is replying to:
Pro-Palestinian protesters a part of a group called “𝐏𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧,” vandalized a historic painting of Arthur James Balfour at Trinity College Cambridge in England.
Arthur Balfour wrote the Balfour Declaration of 1917 when he was serving as the British Foreign Minister. The letter expressed Britain’s support for a Jewish Homeland in what is now Israel.
Direct link(should work for a bit): https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1766117900644151296/vid/avc1/720x1280/pQDXaeuPY2vYbJdX.mp4?tag=14
So I guess you’d say the same thing if somebody was defacing paintings of hitler? Oh I know you think your cause of bringing attention to the holocaust is noble but this isn’t the way - this only turns people away and destroys our valued shared heritage of oppression and violence 🥰
And there’s Godwin’s law in action, right on cue.
But to answer your question, yes: I’d say the same thing. Because they are arguably much more historically significant than the painting in this topic. Because Hitler’s shitty painting career in part led him to become the madman he was.
Also, there’s no reason to destroy his paintings to bring attention to the Holocaust. Because it’s taught in literally every history class.
I was meaning an actual portrait, but even Godwin didn’t think his law was a fallacy.
And in this case I think it’s actually quite apt, considering we are discussing somebody defacing a painting, instead of, you know, the actual genocide going on right now?
Like I’ll gladly drop this argument and go protest against the ongoing war crimes - will you do the same?