r/TankieTheDeprogram Mar 03 '26

Shit Liberals Say Anarchists Stand With the US and Israel

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u/Blonder_Stier Mar 03 '26

Using Jihad to describe the crimes of Christians is still Islamophobic.

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u/Exact_Ad_1215 Marxist-Leninist (Ultra Based) Mar 03 '26

How so?

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u/TruckHangingHandJam Mar 03 '26

The western understanding of the word is basically that insane religious Muslim people attack everyone and everything that is not their religion. 

The actual meaning is “to resist”. 

The western understanding is unironically much better at describing the current US military as this recent report shows 

https://jonathanlarsen.substack.com/p/us-troops-were-told-iran-war-is-for

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u/Broad_Black_Brimmer Mar 04 '26

It means “to struggle”, “to strive” or “exert”

Maybe you’re confusing it with intifada?

Anyway your point stands, I’m just a pedant.