for at least the fiftieth time only to have him a. not answer any point I make, b. not say specifically what I said is "antisemitic" and, c. as he always does, change the goal posts instead? It's pretty much what the rote accusation of antisemitism has degenerated into in increasingly frequent use of the word. As I noted last night, Omer Bartov, said being silenced by the fear of being called that name was to commit a moral abomination.
If anyone who is credible asks me to do it, I will post his comment, and by that I don't mean one of his sockpuppets. If anyone thinks I should or shouldn't and gives me legitimate reasons to do either I will post that comment if I'm convinced it isn't him hiding behind a false name.
As I said from the first time I addressed the dishonesty of the IHRA definition of "antisemitism" it was clearly intended to be used exactly the way that it has been used against me for about twelve years. And I said that I had no intention of caving into that because, among other things, the word originally was used to label a very dangerous thing and allowing the word to be degraded for dishonest motives was a gift to the antisemites. You can search my archives to trace that argument, I think there are more important things to discuss, like the ongoing Israeli genocide against Palestinians and its theft of land. Which is exactly what I've slammed Putin for without anyone accusing me of being antiRussian, Brit imperialists without claiming I was antiBrit, and what I've said is the crime on which the United States is founded, something which I've slammed the idols of our secular religion, the goddamned founders and framers. I don't think I've ever been more brutally critical of any group or political entity than I have those who wrote the Constitution and have governed my own country. I sure as hell am not going to hold Israel and the frequently racist, frequently violently imperialist AND OFTEN EXPLICITLY ANTISEMITIC zionists to a more lenient standard than I am Jefferson, Madison, Washington, etc. and literally hundreds of other American leaders after them. Israel is just another country, one whose actions are justifiably infamous. We're not under any obligation to treat it as a special case.
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