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NAZA:用 euphemism 掩盖的屠杀与被剥夺的公民权NAZA: Mass Killing Masked by Euphemism and the Erasure of Identity

国际 直接层 · 结构层 · 文化层 · 元暴力 The Guardian ↗ 2026-09-27 § 链接
当事实威胁到元暴力的解释权,国家会通过剥夺身份来抹除表达。
When facts threaten the interpretation of meta-violence, the state erases identity to silence expression.

NAZA 这个缩写本身就是一次典型的 weaponized expression。以色列情报部门用一个委婉语 (euphemism) 来量化预期的平民死亡人数,这种将血肉之躯数字化、代码化的行为,是 structural violence 的最高形式:它在执行屠杀之前,先在文化层面上完成了对受害者的“非人化”处理。当杀戮变成了 AI 系统的 target selection,直接暴力被隐藏在算法的冷漠之后,这种元暴力让施暴者在心理上获得了豁免权。

而这部纪录片的出现,实际上是试图在 meta 层面上夺回解释权。它通过匿名士兵的 testimony,撕开了国家机器制造的“防御性叙事”。内塔尼亚胡的反应极其剧烈且典型:他没有在事实层面反驳 AI 屠杀系统,而是迅速将讨论转移到“叛国”和“抹黑”等身份标签上。将纪录片比作“弹道导弹”,是将新闻表达直接定义为战争行为,从而为接下来的直接暴力(剥夺公民权、威胁生命)提供合法性背书。

最讽刺的共谋发生在林肯中心外的抗议者身上。他们通过强调 10 月 7 日的惨剧来试图覆盖加沙的种族灭绝。这是一种典型的 zero-sum game 叙事:他们试图说服世界,对一个族群的同情必须以牺牲另一个族群的生存权为代价。这种共谋不仅发生在以色列内部,更延伸到提供 38 亿美元军援的美国纳税人身上。当杀戮的资金链条被揭露,共谋者们最习惯的防御姿势就是攻击揭露者的身份。

剥夺公民权是最高等级的结构性暴力——它试图告诉表达者:如果你不认同我的元叙事,你就不再属于这个共同体。但这恰恰证明了这部电影的威力:它让那些习惯于在暗处操作 AI 按钮的人,第一次在公共空间里被定义成了罪犯。

The acronym NAZA is a textbook example of weaponized expression. By using a euphemism to quantify expected civilian deaths, Israeli intelligence performs the ultimate structural violence: dehumanizing victims at the cultural level before the physical killing even begins. When slaughter is reduced to AI-powered 'target selection,' direct violence is hidden behind algorithmic indifference, granting the perpetrators a psychological exemption through meta-violence.

The documentary is an attempt to reclaim the power of interpretation at the meta level. By using the testimony of anonymous soldiers, it tears through the 'defensive narrative' manufactured by the state. Netanyahu's reaction is predictably aggressive: rather than refuting the existence of AI killing systems, he pivots to labels like 'treason' and 'smearing.' By likening a film to 'ballistic missiles,' he redefines journalistic expression as an act of war, providing legal cover for subsequent structural and direct violence—namely, the revocation of citizenship and death threats.

The most cynical complicity is visible in the protesters outside the Lincoln Center. By invoking the October 7 massacre to overshadow the genocide in Gaza, they employ a zero-sum game narrative: suggesting that empathy for one group necessitates the erasure of another's right to exist. This complicity extends from the Israeli street to the US taxpayers funding the $3.8bn military aid. When the financial chain of killing is exposed, the conspirators' default defense is to attack the identity of the messenger.

Stripping citizenship is the apex of structural violence—it warns the speaker that if they reject the state's meta-narrative, they cease to belong to the community. Yet, this reaction proves the film's impact: it forces those who operate AI buttons in the dark to be defined as criminals in the public square.