who says what: anti-semitism and IMC
kurious oranj | 24.04.2003 17:03
Why all the arguments about anti-semitism on IMC?
Because this is an open-source forum where anyone can post anything in any name.
So we do indeed get genuine anti-semites on here; the Nazis of the far right, the BNP and their mates in the US, who post up white supremacist crap about the 'Jewish conspiracy' and exploit any posting about Palestine to push their sick fantasies.
But we also get ultra-Zionists and their hard-right supporters, who accuse anyone who supports the Palestinians at all of being anti-semitic.
Ironically, their world-views do fit together. Both believe that all Jews do (or should) agree about everything and uncritically support Israel. Both believe that anyone who supports Palestine is (or should be) anti-semitic. Both argue that anyone who doesn't support their racist form of nationalism is racist against 'their own' people. Both are full of bile and hate for anyone who opposes war.
And both are talking rubbish. Anti-Zionism is not anti-semitism. Zionism is a nationalist movement and opposing nationalism doesn't make you racist.
Equally, there is no secret Jewish conspiracy. There is a quite open and obvious conspiracy of the rich and powerful of all countries and backgrounds against the rest of us.
To most of us this is common sense.
Because this is an open-source forum where anyone can post anything in any name.
So we do indeed get genuine anti-semites on here; the Nazis of the far right, the BNP and their mates in the US, who post up white supremacist crap about the 'Jewish conspiracy' and exploit any posting about Palestine to push their sick fantasies.
But we also get ultra-Zionists and their hard-right supporters, who accuse anyone who supports the Palestinians at all of being anti-semitic.
Ironically, their world-views do fit together. Both believe that all Jews do (or should) agree about everything and uncritically support Israel. Both believe that anyone who supports Palestine is (or should be) anti-semitic. Both argue that anyone who doesn't support their racist form of nationalism is racist against 'their own' people. Both are full of bile and hate for anyone who opposes war.
And both are talking rubbish. Anti-Zionism is not anti-semitism. Zionism is a nationalist movement and opposing nationalism doesn't make you racist.
Equally, there is no secret Jewish conspiracy. There is a quite open and obvious conspiracy of the rich and powerful of all countries and backgrounds against the rest of us.
To most of us this is common sense.
kurious oranj
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