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AOC: ‘Antisemitism is an assault on our values’ (forward.com)

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[-] Kalkaline@leminal.space 86 points 4 months ago

There is no place for antisemitism, but there's a lot of stuff that's being called antisemitism that isn't. Calling out a government commiting genocide or annexing sovereign territory is not antisemitic even if that government is Israel.

Just like it's not anti-American to call out the US for supplying Israel with weapons of war that are used in that genocide.

[-] thefartographer@lemm.ee 32 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I'm Jewish and I fart a lot. It's not antisemitic to say that I fart a lot, but it is to say that Jews fart a lot based only on your know knowledge of me.

If I come over to your house and drop an insane deuce in your toilet, it's concerning but not antisemitic to say that a Jew ruined your toilet. If you tell your friends that the Jews conspired to blow up your toilet, that would be both antisemitic and 100% true.

It also wouldn't be anti-American to say that Chipotle provided me WMDs: Weapons of Massive Diarrhea

[-] billwashere@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago

I consider this argument to be quite scatologically correct.

[-] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 6 points 4 months ago

If they point out your Jewishness whilst complaining about you ruining their toilet, though, that is a bit sketchy.

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