Award ceremony suspended after writer compares Gaza to Nazi-era Jewish ghettos - eviltoast

A German foundation has said it will no longer be awarding a prize for political thinking to a leading Russian-American journalist after criticizing as “unacceptable” a recent essay by the writer in which they made a comparison between Gaza and a Jewish ghetto in Nazi-occupied Europe.

  • Meowoem@sh.itjust.works
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    11 months ago

    You intentionally made the first one disagree with your argument to add nuance.

    Thank you, I will be laughing about this for years to come.

    • VeganPizza69 Ⓥ@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      Oh, I doubt that you’ll be laughing. Tell me, how do you think avoiding confirmation biases and sampling biases looks like?