• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I disagree that antisemitism is hatred. Antisemitism is the othering of Jews. People who say things like Jews are all rich are being antisemitic. Because it’s a lie and a bigoted one. People who say anything about Jews as a universal truth are being antisemitic because there are no universal commonalities amongst Jews. But people don’t care about that. They don’t even care if you’re an observant Jew. I’ve had people, completely innocently, ask me why Jews are in charge of Hollywood. They don’t mean it in a hateful way. It’s still antisemitic.

    If someone asks a black person why black people are such good dancers, they aren’t being hateful, but they are being racist.

    So I may be falling for politicians, but I do not agree with your definition of antisemitism.

    • wahming@monyet.cc
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      1 year ago

      Fair enough, I agree with you on the antisemitism point. You probably still want to take a long moment to think about the root cause of why this is happening and what they hope to gain from it.