I mean, it represents the provincial Iudeans Pilate accused of being responsible, many of whom were proto-ultranationalists who wanted a ‘pure’ Jewish country through ethnic cleansing and suppression of minority religions and heresies - like that of Christ. I don’t know that representing them as the Jews in general, who even at the time were widely dispersed across the Roman Empire, is more correct than representing them as more equated with modern Israel.
Like I said, the antisemitism bit in the explanation is just an additional detail.
Using the modern Israeli flag set over the borders of Palestine as a representation of the “Children of Israel” is just following along with their claim to be the sole representation of Judaism on an international level.
They’ve basically indoctrinated everyone into thinking that specific flag and those borders when they think of current Israel, but it isn’t historically accurate and you know it.
They’ve basically indoctrinated everyone into thinking that specific flag and those borders when they think of current Israel, but it isn’t historically accurate and you know it.
Next you’ll tell me that using any other national flag or borders in a meme about any period before the modern day isn’t kosher.
I think menas was talking about using the country of israel to represent jews in the meme image.
I mean, it represents the provincial Iudeans Pilate accused of being responsible, many of whom were proto-ultranationalists who wanted a ‘pure’ Jewish country through ethnic cleansing and suppression of minority religions and heresies - like that of Christ. I don’t know that representing them as the Jews in general, who even at the time were widely dispersed across the Roman Empire, is more correct than representing them as more equated with modern Israel.
Like I said, the antisemitism bit in the explanation is just an additional detail.
Using the modern Israeli flag set over the borders of Palestine as a representation of the “Children of Israel” is just following along with their claim to be the sole representation of Judaism on an international level.
They’ve basically indoctrinated everyone into thinking that specific flag and those borders when they think of current Israel, but it isn’t historically accurate and you know it.
Next you’ll tell me that using any other national flag or borders in a meme about any period before the modern day isn’t kosher.