What anti semitism also looks like

[Liberty323]

@DougBH

Those attacking him have lost their minds. One minute he is an anti semite, the next minute he is blocking free speech by not allowing people to call for the eradication of Jews in Israel.
Clearly, this has more to,do,with Musk hatred than it has anything to do with either hatred of or defense of Israel and or Jews.

Bingo.

[TheDoctorIsIn]

@Liberty323

Oh, so anti-Semites just don’t like that language. Well, that clears up a lot.

I’m jewish.

[Liberty323]

I’m talking about the use of the term anti-Semite. Semitic is a language, right?

[TheDoctorIsIn]

@Liberty323

I’m talking about the use of the term anti-Semite. Semitic is a language, right?

It’s a langauge group.

Hebrew, Arabic, Aramaic, and so on are all semitic languages.

[W_and_C]

@FreeAndClear

Decolonization isn’t implicit of genocide.

@Oryx

It is to Hamas

“Decolonization” in and of itself isn’t antisemitic or genocidal. Some use that to describe the formation of the state of Israel - Jews coming home to their ancestral homeland and decolonizing it from the British and Ottomans.

@DougBH

Those attacking him have lost their minds. One minute he is an anti semite, the next minute he is blocking free speech by not allowing people to call for the eradication of Jews in Israel.
Clearly, this has more to,do,with Musk hatred than it has anything to do with either hatred of or defense of Israel and or Jews.

I can promise you I do not hate Mr. Musk but he’s been extremely incoherent and erratic on this and many other issues.

[Liberty323]

I get that, and it originates from Shem, blah blah blah. My point is that people who accuse others of antisemitic behavior are technically incorrect.

[FreeAndClear]

Dude use the photo from my op. That has a filter bypass

[Guntsu]

@DougBH

Nah. He passed on about some statement about how Jewish politics favored the sort of things that are causing anti Israeli activity now. It was a statement of little import, not backed up, and quite possibly wrong…and used by others to make preposterous charges of antisemitism.
It’s like the leftist “everything I disagree with is racist” spiel.

Hardly it was a statement promoting an old anti-Semitic conspiracy theory.

[TheDoctorIsIn]

@Liberty323

I get that, and it originates from Shem, blah blah blah. My point is that people who accuse others of antisemitic behavior are technically incorrect.

Sure, in a very pedantic sense.

But we all use it the same way, because it’s a handy term. Everyone knows what people mean when they say it, it’s a catchy “ism,” and it works good in acronyms.

[DougBH]

I disagree with that statement. It is at least exaggerated. I think he made a mistake. Not a reason to go wailing into the hills, but probably largely mistaken.

[Liberty323]

@TheDoctorIsIn

@Liberty323

I get that, and it originates from Shem, blah blah blah. My point is that people who accuse others of antisemitic behavior are technically incorrect.

Sure, in a very pedantic sense.

But we all use it the same way, because it’s a handy term. Everyone knows what people mean when they say it, it’s a catchy “ism,” and it works good in acronyms.

Well, in case you haven’t noticed, this board is pedantic as hell.

[TheDoctorIsIn]

@Liberty323

Well, in case you haven’t noticed, this board is pedantic as hell.

Oh, I know. I’m one of the worst, probably.

But only when it matters.

[TheDoctorIsIn]

@DougBH

I disagree with that statement. If is at least exaggerated. I think he made a mistake. Not a reason to go wailing into the hills, but probably largely mistaken.

Absolutely no one is asking you whether you agree or disagree with his statement.

Tell us more about the preposterous charges of antisemitism.

[DougBH]

@TheDoctorIsIn

@DougBH

I disagree with that statement. If is at least exaggerated. I think he made a mistake. Not a reason to go wailing into the hills, but probably largely mistaken.

Absolutely no one is asking you whether you agree or disagree with his statement.

Tell us more about the preposterous charges of antisemitism.

You seem to believe I post only when someone asks me to do so, and that I take orders of what to post about.

[PurpnGold]

@DougBH

I disagree with that statement. It is at least exaggerated. I think he made a mistake. Not a reason to go wailing into the hills, but probably largely mistaken.

The thing is… Musk regularly interacts with these types of accounts. This is not some isolated event. This just happened to be one of his worst takes.

[TheDoctorIsIn]

@DougBH

You seem to believe I post only when someone asks me to do so, and that I take orders of what to post about.

No, I’m saying it’s a non sequitor. A deflection. A cop-out.

You can’t bring yourself to acknowledge Musk’s antisemitism, but you can’t really deny it either.

[WuWei]

True. You were the one that got all pedantic jiggy with it. Now you want to go back?

We had a couple of good discussions about this yesterday. Apparently American Jews feel no or little connection to Israel.

That’s odd to me, but fine.

But no claiming some special right to criticize or special knowledge based on Jewishness. There’s either a connection or not.

[WuWei]

@TheDoctorIsIn

But only when it matters.

[WuWei]

@TheDoctorIsIn

You can’t bring yourself to acknowledge Musk’s antisemitism, but you can’t really deny it either.

Is criticism of Israel antisemitism?

[SixFoot]

I’m Jewish too (Messianic flavor). We don’t all have the same views because we’re not a monolith and no one person has the authority or intelligence to speak on behalf of all of us.