Zionism is a chosen identity, unlike ethnicity or nationality. Additionally, it seeks the building of an ethno-state- so it is a chosen identity that consciously affects people of various ethnicities (both negatively and positively)
It is historically indisputable that many in the region around Israel have material reasons to criticize Zionism, just like it is historically indisputable that people all over the world have reasons to criticize other controversial ideologies like nationalism, for instance.
To make a move in this direction is to signal allegiance to a specific pov on a controversial issue that is attached to all sorts of partisan political debates.
I think Twitch moderation should think *very carefully* before they start moving in a partisan political direction, especially with an incoming presidential administration that has been vocally openly hostile to critical free speech. If Twitch moderation cares about free speech they will reconsider this classification.
Zionism is a chosen identity, unlike ethnicity or nationality. Additionally, it seeks the building of an ethno-state- so it is a chosen identity that consciously affects people of various ethnicities (both negatively and positively)
It is historically indisputable that many in the region around Israel have material reasons to criticize Zionism, just like it is historically indisputable that people all over the world have reasons to criticize other controversial ideologies like nationalism, for instance.
To make a move in this direction is to signal allegiance to a specific pov on a controversial issue that is attached to all sorts of partisan political debates.
I think Twitch moderation should think *very carefully* before they start moving in a partisan political direction, especially with an incoming presidential administration that has been vocally openly hostile to critical free speech. If Twitch moderation cares about free speech they will reconsider this classification.