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Do you originally think "Antisemitism"?
- Thread starter Spiderman
- Start date
Depends what it is.
HonestJoe
Well-Known Member
Only in the context of “I wonder how long it’ll be before someone cries Antisemitism to distract from this criticism?”.
Scuba Pete
Le plongeur avec attitude...
Automatically: no. Do I run it through my possible bigot filter? Like most everything else: sure.
Kilgore Trout
Misanthropic Humanist
Not automatically, but it generally turns out to be the case.
Voted No. I don't think of the Israeli state is as identical with either the Jewish religion or the Jewish people. You can be critical of Israel and still defend the rights of the Jews as a people. However there are people who use criticism of Israel as a deliberate cover for anti-semitism and it is probably true to say criticism of Israel can be ignorant and prejudicial as criticism of any other government.
YmirGF
Bodhisattva in Recovery
Though, I voted yes, as much criticism of Israel is based on antisemitism, I do not automatically assume bigotry. The simple fact of the matter is that most of the time it is based on good old fashioned bigotry, of holding them to a double standard, while holding their neighbors virtually unaccountable.
Nope. There are jews who are hypercritical about Israel. And I doubt they are antisemite.
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metis
aged ecumenical anthropologist
No.
I am sometimes critical about certain things in Israel, especially dealing with some of the political leaders and their decisions.
"When you hear criticism of China, do you originally think Buddhistophobia?" - something like that?
Tumah
Veteran Member
It would be nice.
Actually, I suppose it's a unique situation in that it's the only country where the religious majority is not the majority anywhere else, while still being a global religion.
Shintoism doesn't really count. Shi'ites are very Iran-associated, but are also the majorities elsewhere. Hinduism is associated with India a lot (about 80% of the people) but is also a majority in Mauritius and Nepal...
metis
aged ecumenical anthropologist
Was this in reference to what I wrote in #11?
Tumah
Veteran Member
Well, the point is, I'd like it if other countries and peoples were discussed with half as much frequency by this poster.
Tumah
Veteran Member
No it was in reference to the OP threads about Jews and Israel.
Akivah
Well-Known Member
Depends on their manner and reasoning.
For example:
Person A says that they don't like Israel's attacks on the terrorists that attack them and everyone in the Middle East is crazy. (not anti-semitic)
Person B says they don't like Israel's attacks because those Jewish people want to take over the world. (anti-semitic).
Even though Israel and Judaism are linked in a way that China and Buddhism aren't?
Start some threads up! Get people interested in other situations!