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You're constantly using the word micro to associate this as a "small" issue...
That's not what a micro-aggression is...
A micro-aggression is something that wasn't intended to cause an offence but does...
An example of this is a harmless (in intention) joke about a touchy subject, use your imagination.
However, SodaStream is not a micro (small) issue...
It is tied into a harmful history against indigenous Palestinian Tribes who were forcefully evicted from their land to make way for a Corporation to build a Factory...
This has been explained numerous times, thus your whole input in this thread upto this post has been ignorant.
I dare say I doubt it will improve.
A micro-aggression is something that wasn't intended to cause an offence but does...
originally posted by: CharlieSpeirs
a reply to: LewsTherinThelamon
Your pseudo-intellect is helping you to form your pseudo-responses which in turn are pseudo-effective to this debate.
HAIFA, Israel – Jews and Palestinians might think an Israeli company providing hundreds of jobs in Palestinian territory is a way to promote peace and prosperity, but some international groups think they know better. SodaStream, the company whose home-based soda-making machines have become an American sensation, is under pressure to close down a factory in the West Bank, where more than 500 Palestinians work, reportedly earning up to 10 times the area’s prevailing wage. The campaign has reached a fever pitch, after Hollywood star Scarlett Johansson ended her alliance with an international aid group miffed that she would endorse the company. But the boss of SodaStream said he's not going anywhere just because some global critics want him out.
originally posted by: CharlieSpeirs
a reply to: Krakatoa
I don't understand how 500 Palestinians would be out of work if it was relocated...
If it was closed down, sure...
But why would they lose their jobs if the company relocates?
originally posted by: My_Reality
a reply to: Jamie1
It's really quite absurd. For there to be aggression there has to be an intent behind the manufacturers to provoke them. From what little information there is available the manufacturer simply relocated. Leaving the West Bank to go somewhere in South Israel. Is that really aggression?
Now we have yet another term to add to the list. "Microaggression" What it means to me is this:
Hey hey look at me I've found a way to be mad at the world and I want to be noticed.
originally posted by: DrJunk
Microaggression isn't a new concept, even if it is the first time you are hearing about it.
The concept is sound, and the idea is simple. If you are going to be doing business in a part of the world that is contested, to put it civilly, then your political allegiances are fodder for continued protests, especially when the government your business is aligned with are killing people so your company can remain in business.
originally posted by: 3n19m470
If they do not wish to be a part of an institution that does business with Isreal, I can't really find much fault in that, but I can think of better reasons than because it might offend the Palestinians.