> barrage of antisemitic tweets It is convenient to label anything or anybody critical of Israel as being antisemitic. For many years, many western countries

> barrage of antisemitic tweets It is convenient to label anything or anybody critical of Israel as being antisemitic. For many years, many western countries blood and treasure have been spilled and spent in propping up that country. People should be allowed to reevaluate these policies, discuss the issues, and comment on the pertinent events. It is a common tactic used both to shut people up, when speaking to them, and to discredit them when talking about them, to claim they are racist or antisemitic. This tactic is common because it is effective, but it needs to be called out when observed, as I am doing now with you. You hopefully are unaware that you are personally contributing to a chilling effect that inhibits a rational public discourse, when you engage in this name calling. =============== EDIT because I can't reply to tptacek for some reason. I did go and see the tweet you're talking about. The infraction in this instance, is that he used the word "tribalist". "Tribalist" is indeed a derogatory term, in my opinion. I certainly use it in that manner. For me personally, AIPAC* members and others who actively seek to steer American resources in directions that do not actually benefit America are a source of frustration and concern. Calling them 'tribalists' captures the fact that they are acting as an autonomous group that I am not part of and frankly, find foreign and frightening. I love Feynman, Einstein, and Peter Schiff (all Jewish). I do not love those who have a US passport, but would seek to benefit another country at the expense of the US. The word tribalist, or even zionist, is a way to distinguish a particular behavior or ideology from the Jewish race in general. It is a disservice to Jewish people in general, to allow a small subgroup to claim a mantle of moral infallibility and imperviousness from criticism in their name, under threat of being branded a racist. * AIPAC. AIPAC is an extremely effective pro-Israel lobbying group, composed of course mostly by jewish people, that is perceived by many (including myself) to exert a very disproportionate and perhaps inappropriate influence on American foreign policy.