Watching high school kids in Palo Alto chant a literal genocidal slogan was a wake-up call.
Except most likely it wasn't. An actual, "literal" genocidal slogan, that is.
The simple, boring fact is -- whatever import along those lines (that you see in whatever they were saying) probably wasn't what they intended it to have.
Most of the ones using it are simply, as you are correctly pointing out -- grossly misinformed.
You raise a fair point. The likelihood that the high school students knew the original context of a slogan used with very ugly intent by both sides of an even uglier conflict is… not high. It’s more of a sign that kids are poorly educated than anything else.
Except most likely it wasn't. An actual, "literal" genocidal slogan, that is.
The simple, boring fact is -- whatever import along those lines (that you see in whatever they were saying) probably wasn't what they intended it to have.
Most of the ones using it are simply, as you are correctly pointing out -- grossly misinformed.