Having watched the film Israelism (which I recommend seeing, by the way), I can’t deny that modern mainstream Jewish cultures are polluted with and perpetuate Herzlianism, and we are more than justified in protesting Zionist establishments. Even so, we should be cautious when talking about ethnicity, as we don’t want anybody to get the mistaken impression that ethnicity is the origin of oppression.

I understand why you link ethnicity with culture, though; they tend to go hand in hand. Likewise, the number of anticolonial Jews is much smaller than it should be. Thus, I can see why using broad, unqualified language like ‘Jewish culture’ and ‘Jewish communities’ seems both accurate and harmless to you. That said, I myself would still feel very uncomfortable resorting to such unqualified language or thinking since anticolonial Jews are important to me (even if their number be nowhere near large enough), and using overgeneralizations would needlessly erase or trivialize their presence. So while I can grasp where you are coming from, I would still feel too uncomfortable shrugging at the minority of anticolonial Jews and broadly blaming ‘Jewish culture’ or ‘Jewish communities’ for Palestinians’ suffering.

In any case, I feel that I should apologize for hastily dismissing your question by cryptically accusing you of ethnocentrism. These last several days here have been frustrating for me; it feels like other users are just ganging up on me, and I have been losing my patience as a result; I took the easy way out by snapping at you. Nonetheless, I am trusting that you are replying to me in good faith and I regret that I wrote you off earlier like that.

As far as I can tell, an equivalent would be more like if (a few) BLM protesters were saying “fuck Europeans” and then someone is making an argument that doing so may not be a productive way of dealing with the oppression and systemic violence beyond the basics of recognizing that yes, what is now considered “white” settlers came over from Europe to what is now called “The United States”.

In reference to Water Bowl Slime’s post, I am curious though for an analysis that investigates how exactly diaspora Jewish culture reproduces zionism and enforces it in Jewish circles. Within israel itself, I’m assuming most of the reproduction of it is stuff that is standard for settler colonialism with some Jewish characteristics overlaid, but that could be wrong. It’s also worth noting that Jewish diaspora in the US have allies to be found in settler-colonialism who are not Jewish and likely have learned things from them, in terms of how to reproduce it and enforce it in the culture. But again, a detailed investigation into the how may prove enlightening. One reason I see to make sure we’re emphasizing the contribution of settler-colonialism itself as a broader read of history, is to avoid aiding the narrative that the US is somehow “taken over” by AIPAC, as if its support for israel is beyond the control even of its power brokers. When the reality is that two settler-colonial entities working together makes perfect sense and we should tear at the fakery of liberalism whenever it tries to pretend like some decorum and lip service means the US has moved past colonialism.

Anarcho-Bolshevik isn’t on trial here. They are explaining to you precisely which screenshot in the OP they were referencing with their original post. You asked “what’s the point?” and they gave you the context for what their intended point was. Personally, I’m kind of lost as to what warranted the suspicion in the first place. The whole thing feels like a lot of talking past each other.