Birdwatch Note Rating
2025-01-29 17:58:46 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 46B4FF708F6BC34E3BC2680D70501A4157B5C4DA4CB0909EE327B7E1D513D740
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Original Note:
Palestinians are not hostages. A hostage is “someone who is taken as a prisoner by an enemy in order to force the other people involved to do what the enemy wants”. There is no enemy or demand being made. Linguistic appropriation is a tool to delegitimise actual hostages. https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/hostage
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