• markovs_gun@lemmy.world
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    13 days ago

    Both are kind of racist as fuck right? Relying on anti-arabic stereotypes to try to inflame fear about this. The Qatari jet is a major problem but it’s not because some sinister Arab is secretly pulling the strings, it’s because foreign governments can buy influence.

    • xor@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      13 days ago

      how is that anti-arab stereotypes?
      the jet is a problem because of… what exactly?
      because qatar may be exercising some undue, secret influence, perhaps?

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      13 days ago

      It’s the same thing… that “sinister Arab” is the foreign government buying influence, at least in the context of this plane.