• apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    6
    arrow-down
    5
    ·
    2 年前

    The Arabs? What does that mean? That’s like saying all South Americans think collectively and cohesively. Arabs are comprised of vastly different cultures from vastly different regions. There is a lot of nuance and the word is often used as an orientalism.

    • NoneOfUrBusiness@kbin.socialBanned from community
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      13
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      2 年前

      As an Egyptian, you’re overthinking it. Almost all Arabs have a very similar image of Israel because we’ve seen firsthand (or secondhand from Palestinians) how ridiculously horrible Israel is.

      • apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        4
        ·
        2 年前

        Fair, and much respect. There is an aspect of centrist-right to far-right western culture that consolidates all Arabs into one group with intent to demonize. It is fairly common.

    • Limitless_screaming@kbin.social
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      5
      arrow-down
      2
      ·
      2 年前

      All the people sharing the same past with those countries have somewhat similar views of them because of their past interactions with each other.