House to vote on antisemitism bill amid unrest on college campusesThe bill was introduced by a bipartisan group of lawmakers calling to add a more specific definition of antisemitism than what exists in the Civil Rights Act.
House to vote on antisemitism bill amid unrest on college campusesThe bill was introduced by a bipartisan group of lawmakers calling to add a more specific definition of antisemitism than what exists in the Civil Rights Act.
If calling Israel racist makes me an antisemite, than I’m a proud antisemitic Jew.
All this has done is cause harm to Jewish people by devaluing the meaning of the word.
Yes, this. I remember Cenk saying this multiple times in recent weeks/months and I think he’s right (as are you). The actions of Israel are going to do more harm long-term to Jews everywhere as well as the short-term harm to Palestinians they are carrying out right now. It just adds more fuel to the fire and more ammo for those trying to whip up actual antisemitic hate…
Extra irony points that the same people that make apologies for the “Jews will not replace us” bunch are the same ones that have undying support for Israel, no matter what Israel does. Often cynically so because of their eschatological fantasies about Israel…
Exactly. People, all people, hate being labeled something they aren’t. By calling everything that isn’t 100% Pro-Israeli Genocide “Anti-Semitic”, you get people who have positive to neutral feelings about Jews slowly get more and more angry with the term and actually cause the antisemitism.
There was a similar backlash in the US against gay/trans people. And black people. And everything. When you adopt a policy of 100% for or against, binary only, you leave your 99% ally behind along with your 0%-support enemy.