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N.Y. Times writer quits over open letter accusing Israel of ‘genocide’ - The Washington Post
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No need for antisemitism mate.
That comment may have been in poor taste but that ain’t antisemitism friend.
Jews normally have a strong sense of belonging and identity, and while a lot of Jews are opposed to the Israel government it’s not at all out of place for somebody with a clearly Jewish name to be biased towards the Jewish side of a conflict. You could be forgiven for thinking that.
Change the context a little bit - this is now a story about the Falklands war and somebody named “Barry Bugglesworth” is strongly on the British side. Are you surprised?
Now I’m not saying the guy was right. Generalising is inappropriate and generally not a sign of great intelligence, but it’s not antisemitism just because it’s targeted towards a Jewish person.
Antisemitism is a powerful word, let’s not wear it out.
Negatively generalising the Jewish people is literally antisemitism. Like by definition.
It looks like the comment thread disappeared so this will probably be a private answer. Whatever. No, accusing a Jew of supporting Israel is not a NEGATIVE generalisation unless you think supporting Israel is a universally negative feature. So no, still not antisemitism.
It was stereotyping/profiling based on a name. It's flagrant anti-semitism. If someone's last name is a traditionally Palestinian name should we assume they hate Jewish people too?
The british example is terrible because they do not have a history of being persecuted for being British. Same reason calling someone a cracker isn't the same as the n word.
This is stereotyping/profiling based on a name. It's flagrant anti-semitism. If someone's last name is a traditionally Palestinian name should we assume they hate Jewish people too?
The british example is terrible because they do not have a history of being persecuted for being British. Same reason calling someone a cracker isn't the same as the n word.
Conflating Zionism and Judaism is anti-Semitism. Leave, fascist.