@aral
Puto rem in eo esse, quod saepe qui extremismum Sionisticum—ut politiam coloniari in territorīs occupatis—arguunt, accusantur antisemitismi. Atque ibi disputatio finit. Tibi datur optio aut tacere aut antisemitismi accusari.

@aral

I find this letter very enlightening:

https://jewishvirtuallibrary.org/montagu-memo-on-british-government-s-anti-semitism

It's a letter written by the only Jewish member of the British Cabinet at the time of the Balfour declaration explaining why he disagreed with it and despite being written more than a century ago rings very true.

@aral it's also a "double loyalty" trope. By conflating Jewishness and Zionism, the subtext is that they're not real Americans, Portuguese, Germans, etc. An old white supremacist argument.

@aral and let’s be clear: even if all Jews were Zionist (they’re not…but for a moment, let’s do ‘if’) that wouldn’t make criticising genocide, racism, land theft problematic in any way. Such criticism would still be morally right. And in no way would it be antisemitic.

@aral
"all Jewish people are pro settler colonialism, ethnic cleansing, apartheid, and genocide"

And the step from there to "all Jewish people should be executed" is a small one.

Antisemitic indeed.

@aral@mastodon.ar.al
Conflation is an easy trap to fall into.