"Pinkwashiing" and "Homonationalism"

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Anyone else tired of being the pawn in yet one more scheme?

From the NYTimes

In 2005, with help from American marketing executives, the Israeli government began a marketing campaign, “Brand Israel,” aimed at men ages 18 to 34. The campaign, as reported by The Jewish Daily Forward, sought to depict Israel as “relevant and modern.” The government later expanded the marketing plan by harnessing the gay community to reposition its global image.

This message is being articulated at the highest levels. In May, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Congress that the Middle East was “a region where women are stoned, gays are hanged, Christians are persecuted.”

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1. It's a shell game: Who's your enemy now?

Education about the humanity is us all is far more productive than scapegoating.