• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    3 hours ago

    It’s sort of a lose-lose game, though. Submit to humiliation and you implicitly endorse it. Retaliate in any way and they get to justify their escalation to violence.

    The Genital Inspector is both the tip of the spear for these fascist sex pests and the cannon fodder for a front-line fight. Influencer culture rewards them for becoming a spectacle of martyrdom when outraged people push back. And the far-right legal branches sweep in behind them to crucify civilians who resist.

    If you look at the Israel-Palestine conflict, it functions in much the same way. Settlers roll up to a Palestinian neighborhood to cause trouble. IDF soldiers stand behind them, filming the scene. The settlers pick fights, break into homes and shops, tear down olive groves, and otherwise act like rotten little shits to everyone in the area. Anyone who confronts them gets jumped by the IDF or shot. Then the B-roll airs under the caption “Insane Palestinian Terrorist Attacks Humble Jewish Vagrant” and Israelis rally behind the settlers while Palestinians have to explain the slanted coverage and doctored media to an incredulous audience.