Amsterdam climate protest, Sara Rachdan, Greta Thunberg, propaganda, Holocaust mention
So after seeing various Dutch media post extremely poorly-sourced articles (well, let's just call it what it is - propaganda) about the incident at the Amsterdam climate protest, I finally had time to look into what actually happened.
The claims: Sara Rachdan is a "Hamas supporter", a "terrorist friend", and "trivializing the Holocaust".
The actual evidence: Sara Rachdan drawing parallels between what happened in the Holocaust and what is happening in Gaza, eg. comparing the death tolls and circumstances.
Now there's two ways to interpret that: either you assume the Holocaust was horrible, and so by extension she claims that what's happening in Gaza is also horrible.
Or you assume that what's happening in Gaza is Not That Bad, actually, and therefore by extension that must mean she claims that the Holocaust also wasn't that bad.
And well, if you look at the reporting in the Dutch media, you can very easily tell that they went with the second interpretation - and I think that pretty much says everything I need to know about these claims, and the people spreading them.
re: Amsterdam climate protest, Sara Rachdan, Greta Thunberg, propaganda, Holocaust mention
@joepie91 I was there (although I missed the first bit), AmA.
However, it seems you have figured it out already.
re: Amsterdam climate protest, Sara Rachdan, Greta Thunberg, propaganda, Holocaust mention
@Peetz0r Is there a full registration (video, transcript, whatever) of what was actually said? All the media are suspiciously selective in how they describe the event.
The excerpts and descriptions from Bild were at least enough to piece together what was actually going on here, but I would like to have a clearer context.
re: Amsterdam climate protest, Sara Rachdan, Greta Thunberg, propaganda, Holocaust mention
First appearance of Sahar Shirzad at 2:31:38
First appearance of Sara Rachdan at 2:35:57
First interruption (microphone fade-out) at 2:38:10
First appearance of Greta Thunberg at 3:27:44
Second appearance of Sara Rachdan at 3:28:36
Second appearance of Sahar Shirzad at 3:30:28
Second appearance of Greta Thunberg at 3:33:54
Second interruption (guy on stage hijacks mic) at 3:34:20
re: Amsterdam climate protest, Sara Rachdan, Greta Thunberg, propaganda, Holocaust mention
@joepie91 There was a livestream at https://www.klimaatmarslive.nl/.
Note: if you want to yt-dlp that, you'll want https://vimeo.com/880203126 :)
I'll try to find the timestamps of the relevant bits.