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The wording of the complaints has me wondering if the game actually does anything "wrong" by the normal standards of video gaming. Like, does it actually glorify violence specifically against Jews? Is there some mission objective to butcher a bunch of civilians? I glance at the Steam page and it looks like the political statement its creator claims it is.
I'm pretty sick of this "anything that isn't hardcore pro-Israel is antisemitic terrorism" horsecrap. Either care about human life or don't, don't BS me and everyone else like the acts and atrocities committed in video games suddenly matter when characters who happen to be (presumed) Jews are involved.
Let's flip the question around.
Would you be against a video game glorifying the Nazi invasion to Poland if it didn't show Nazis killing civilians?
How about a game glorifying the IDF as it fights against Hama's terrorists in Gaza?
Nazi invasion of Poland - you mean like Israeli invasion and occupation of Palestine?
I've already given that example earlier...
No. You have given an opposite example. If you want to use historic comparisons it is Israel which proudly follows Third Reich, starting with racist laws and ending with genocide.
I said "Would you be against [...] a game glorifying the IDF as it fights against Hamas terrorists in Gaza?" (and I would link to that if I could figure out how to do that...).
The main part of your message is just you saying "Israel are Nazis!!!", which is besides the point.
Read again. Slowly.
Yes, they did give that exact example just with the opposite political framing.