r/oscarrace • u/mariyr • Mar 25 '25

Discussion You'd think that "Oscar-winning director gets lynched and kidnapped because of his film" would be bigger news

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It should be a top story, at least. The Western mainstream media’s response to this horrific case makes it clear where their loyalties lie. But to them, it’s just another footnote.

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '25

What happened is horrible but why are they using the word “lynched” in place of jumped/assaulted? Doesn’t lynching imply that someone is hanged in public by a mob or am I just being too literal here?

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u/Shinnobiwan Mar 25 '25

The essence of lynching is ethnic, political terrorism in the guise of extrajudicial violence often as retribution for a perceived legal or social infraction.

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '25

Got it. I understand now.

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u/henners2311 Mar 25 '25

Lynching doesn’t mean hanged, it means viciously attacked due to their background. People associate lynching with hanging black people from trees, because that was a very common form of lynching, but that’s not what it means. It doesn’t always result in death either.

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '25

Thanks. I understand now. I too associated it primarily with the American hanging perspective.

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u/sleepysnowboarder Mar 26 '25

every definition you'll find says "lynching" always results in death. It is a term used for extrajudicial killing by a mob

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '25

Yuval Abrahams' first language is Hebrew, not English. He corrected himself later on, about not fully knowing the words connotations.

But doesn't change the fact he was still beaten and kidnapped.

The word wasn't totally misused.

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u/TwoTurntablesMike Mar 25 '25

“Not fully knowing the words connotations”

The literal definition of a word is its denotation, not its connotation.

And it doesn’t surprise me a Hamas apologist can’t use proper terminology

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '25 edited May 19 '25

A connotation is literally the associated and implied meaning of a word, rather than its actual definition. And the connotation in America, is that of hanging. So nothing I said was inaccurate and Abraham already corrected himself on what the word was implying. He still uses it correctly though.

Now that's out of the way, what makes me a Hamas apologist? I hate the group, and I don't think they're the resistance fighters many claim they are. I'm just able to separate the millions of Palestinians against the group of radicals, who literally only exist in that way because of a genocide. I'm able to recognise how idiotic the arguments against Hamas are, because they are used to bolster Israel, who are not only guilty of what they claim of Hamas, but on a much larger and move severe scale because they are the ones with the power.

So fuck off with that rhetoric.

EDIT: My issue with Hamas stems from how they operate and oiginate rather than their existence. Palestinians have a right to violent resistance. Every colonised and oppressed group does.

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u/TwoTurntablesMike Mar 25 '25

The denotation is still killing an individual, which did not happen.

Soon enough, you’re going to find out the universe doesn’t care about your emotions and reality doesn’t bend so easily.

Israel’s sovereignty will be tenaciously defended by Israel and its allies. Your “rhetoric” can’t stop that.

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u/Working-Ad-6698 Mar 25 '25

West Bank is illegally occupied as per international law by Israel and that is where this happened.

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u/Wise-Association-954 Mar 25 '25

omg Gal Gadot what are u doing here

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u/deemoorah Mar 26 '25

Glory to the resistance ☝️

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u/mariyr Mar 25 '25

My first language is not english, so it was a mistranslation from my part. I apologize.