Birdwatch Note Rating
2025-01-29 20:03:33 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: E2AD3F21D7D34CCD79DD64A39D0E94ED38B835E8A437091F5F7779902257CA02
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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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