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Jumpin said:
Just on a related note to this topic. I really hate the doublespeak around anti-Semitism as a buzzword for anti-Israeli colonialism. On one edge of the blade, it is wielded as a weapon against legitimate free speech over human rights concerns. And on the other edge of the blade, it completely trivializes the human rights violations of actual anti-semitism from groups like the Charlottesville Tiki-Torchers, the KKK, neo-nazis, and other such groups. You have (both indirectly and directly) the highest office in the US endorsing human rights violations. |
Exactly.
And not only that, it puts Jewish people around the world more in danger by conflating the Jewish faith with Israel's colonial Neo-Zionism project. Republicans always conveniently ignore the Jewish protesters, if not call them extremists.
And yep, as you said, by broadening the definition and calling everyone that doesn't agree with Israel's politics anti-semitic, the actual dangerous people can hide in the forest of all the newly accused.
The word has lost its meaning, right alongside the meaning of self-defense, terrorism, international law and free speech, as well as eroding what Judaism stands for. Trump is a danger to those of Jewish faith.
Just posted 4 hours ago
Trump's danger to US Jewry: Living under autocracy never ends well for Jews - opinion
https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-849532
And Trump has shown disdain for Jewish people over and over
March 22 2024 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/u-s-jews-upset-with-trumps-latest-rhetoric-say-he-doesnt-get-to-tell-them-how-to-be-jewish
Oct 28 2024 https://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2024-10-28/5-reasons-jewish-voters-should-reject-donald-trump
Oct 29 2024 https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-clear-present-danger-american-jews-opinion-1976837
Sept 22 2024 https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/09/22/donald-trump-jews-dangerous-antisemitism/
Sep 25 2024 https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/09/trump-threat-to-american-jews-election/680023/
March 31 2025 https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-848161 Trump’s weaponization of pro-Israel antisemitism puts US Jews at risk - opinion
So yeah it's a disgrace for Trump to be wielding the anti-semitic card.
