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This 2 minute web search is flawed. You don’t disprove a smear by a short web search. If there truly is a smear this smear will be included in the results, so y

This 2 minute web search is flawed. You don’t disprove a smear by a short web search. If there truly is a smear this smear will be included in the results, so your data is biased and proves nothing. My short web search found a secondary source[1] which debunks some of the claims you have mentioned here by offering a little more context around them. The Wikipedia page about Jeremy Corbyn has a whole section devoted to this[2] and all the claims are either vague or unsubstantiated. Now I don’t personally know whether Jeremy Corbyn is an anti-Semite (he might very well be), but there is nothing which he has done which indicates for any amount of certainty that he is. The campaign to smear him as one has most certainly succeeded, and his support for Palestine probably in no small is to blame for this. 1: https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/is-jeremy-corbyn-really-anti-semitic- https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/is-jeremy-corbyn-really-... 2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Corbyn#Allegations_of_antisemitism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Corbyn#Allegations_of_a...

yyyk 5y ago
The 'debunking' is just noting that the book in question has over 400 pages. Shouldn't we expect a guy writing a glowing foreword to have actually taken the time to read the book he's praising? As far as I can tell, there's a lot of consistent smoke. Somehow Corbyn is always involved but never ever notices the bad stuff. There was a good basis to be concerned: Whether Corbyn is an antisemite, cynical or just totally oblivious, is not as material when he's running to such a powerful position. An oblivious PM could do some damage still. Elections are not a court - we have to decide based on probabilities, and most British voters found Corbyn to be more unworthy than Johnson. >The campaign to smear him as one has most certainly succeeded, and his support for Palestine probably in no small is to blame for this. There could be a connection. It could be argued that strong opinions on ME conflict led people to ignore things they did not want to see. From Corbyn supposedly not noticing multiple cases of outright bigotry, to some Labour supporters not noticing a pattern with Corbyn.
- runarberg 5y ago
  This point is kind of moot given that, unlike Corbyn, Johnson is on record actually using racist slurs.

yyyk 5y ago

The 'debunking' is just noting that the book in question has over 400 pages. Shouldn't we expect a guy writing a glowing foreword to have actually taken the time to read the book he's praising? As far as I can tell, there's a lot of consistent smoke. Somehow Corbyn is always involved but never ever notices the bad stuff. There was a good basis to be concerned: Whether Corbyn is an antisemite, cynical or just totally oblivious, is not as material when he's running to such a powerful position. An oblivious PM could do some damage still. Elections are not a court - we have to decide based on probabilities, and most British voters found Corbyn to be more unworthy than Johnson. >The campaign to smear him as one has most certainly succeeded, and his support for Palestine probably in no small is to blame for this. There could be a connection. It could be argued that strong opinions on ME conflict led people to ignore things they did not want to see. From Corbyn supposedly not noticing multiple cases of outright bigotry, to some Labour supporters not noticing a pattern with Corbyn.

runarberg 5y ago
This point is kind of moot given that, unlike Corbyn, Johnson is on record actually using racist slurs.