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Since you've edited your comment belatedly to ask if I know how that sounds, I'll add this answer. Yes I know exactly how the words you're trying to put in my
by barking 8y ago
Since you've edited your comment belatedly to ask if I know how that sounds, I'll add this answer.
Yes I know exactly how the words you're trying to put in my mouth sound and I know why you are doing it.
- gaius 8y agoIt was a good faith question to see if you were aware of it, and I see that you in fact are. "Confection by Zionists" indeed. Dog-whistling at its finest.
- barking 8y agoI needed to look up 'dog-whistling' and got this definition on wikipedia : Dog-whistle politics is political messaging employing coded language that appears to mean one thing to the general population but has an additional, different, or more specific resonance for a targeted subgroup. Please explain how "Confection by Zionists" fits the bill?
- gaius 8y agoWell, if I have misjudged you, I apologise for that! The thing is that Israel is a red herring, the traditional anti-Semitism of the left pre-dates its existence and is rooted in the stereotypical association of Jews with finance and hence capitalism in general. Therefore often Zionist is a code-word meaning simply Jew. Banker is often used in a similar way too. Similarly, members of the far-right say Canadians when they mean black people.
- barking 8y agoThank you. However Israel is not a red herring in this as far as I am concerned. I believe that what's going on in the Labour Party is an attempt to stifle criticism of Israel and in particular its treatment of the Palestinians. I don't know if it's directly related to Israeli Governemnt Minster Erdan's "PR Commando Unit", announced last year. but it sounds very similar.