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(67,406 posts)WhoIsNumberNone
(7,875 posts)It was obvious to me just from looking at the thumbnail
FreepFryer
(7,077 posts)Its not edgy, or modern. Its lazy.
denbot
(9,899 posts)FBaggins
(26,737 posts)This level of antisemitism has almost completely undone the left in the UK. We dont need it to infect the Democratic Party here.
It isnt hard to find things worth criticizing Israel about... but this is not that
panfluteman
(2,065 posts)They are both the sons / descendants of Shem, so they are both Shemitic, or Semitic. Nevertheless, Israel has misappropriated / hijacked the term to refer to specifically anti-them. This is actually internecine strife among two different semitic peoples.
FBaggins
(26,737 posts)Almost certainly untrue in most cases... but also irrelevant. It amounts to nothing more than an implied claim that this specific form of racism needs a new label.
Antisemitism is racism toward Jews. The racist in the video above cannot pretend to not be antisemitic because Im pro Palestinian and they count too.
So fine... label it something else if you like. Perhaps Nazi. Whatever the label - Democrats should have nothing to do with it. And should reject people like the guy in the video.
markpkessinger
(8,396 posts)FBaggins
(26,737 posts)This guy is clearly both.
panfluteman
(2,065 posts)It's that the abused become the abusers. Of course, the Jews were royally abused in the Nazi holocaust... now they are serial abusers of the Palestinians. I remember the first morning I was visiting the Arab quarter of Old Jerusalem. I went into a little hummus restaurant and an Arab man there spoke to me in his best English, saying, "The Israelis don't want peace!" Watching videos like this, I'm beginning to think that he was right.