Afsky & Palestine - Lemmy.World

Hey everybody, I love Afsky’s music but read some confusing stuff about their views on Palestine. I know they played in Israel when the war started. Afsky seems like a nice fellow (saw him at an Afsky show back in the day) but at least Reddit’s RABM conversation seems to be a bit conflicted. I don’t have social media so I wouldn’t know if they’ve taken a stance in this matter. Would anyone care to enlighten me?

It would be really great if everybody who just downvoted OP took the time to explain why — that is, if they have any information relating to the questions asked, rather than dull dislike for whatever part of the above post.
And if I’m totally wrong and my post is based on false info, please correct me. I’m not here to start a fight. I just care for Palestine so much.

FWIW, I know even less about the band and their politics than you seem to. On a quick search I found this (Reddit repost of a) facebook post from the guy in Afsky.

It's a really longwinded screed that reads to me like he didn't at all see a problem with playing a gig in Israel, but being kicked off an antifascist show for the same reason apparently is an issue. So, that sounds very uninformed, or willingly blinkered, but the whole wall of text gives me a distinct "guys, this is really complicated actually, let me show you by complicating it" vibe.

When somebody feels a need to wade through "what is fascism really? couldn't we argue that being antifascist is really really intolerant and therefore actually fascist?" (paraphrasing), I think they've used up any benefit of doubt they may have accumulated.

Yeah. I get that he’s propably gotten a lot of shit and sometimes the discourse gets a bit too black and white, but then again, people boycott Israel because of it’s invasion of Palestinian land. The text he’s written seems like it’s missing a lot of context about the Israel-Palestine situation - but then again, he’s a black metal musician, not a historian (afaik) so I try not to judge. I’m also conflicted by asking these kind of questions because I would not like to spread a false word about anyone.
Just the dregs of Reddit joining us