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It's exactly this imagined/forced intentionality that is the problem. One can make a thoughtful point of how some Jews support causes that end up being anti-Se
by mindslight 3y ago
It's exactly this imagined/forced intentionality that is the problem.
One can make a thoughtful point of how some Jews support causes that end up being anti-Semitic. It's probably best to focus on the actual causes and the actual people in question so the nuance doesn't get lost (and also so we can avoid things like support for Palestinian civilians being painted with the "anti-Semitic" brush). In fact, your restatement of how you interpreted the comment Musk responded to got most of the way there.
But the actual quote Musk expressed agreement with was quite far from any such thing: "Jewish communties have been pushing the exact kind of dialectical hatred against whites that they claim to want people to stop using against them. I'm deeply disinterested in giving the tiniest shit now about western Jewish populations coming to the disturbing realization that those hordes of minorities that support flooding their country don't exactly like them too much." (https://nitter.net/elonmusk/status/1724908287471272299 https://nitter.net/elonmusk/status/1724908287471272299)
Driving attention towards focusing on racial groups as if they have overarching explanatory power is exactly what makes this racist conspiracy tripe.
- appplication 3y agoYeah the actual quote is pretty bad. It touches all the bases: - broad generalizations about ethnic groups - implication that the Jewish community is somehow collectively conspiring to push some narrative - “no, you’re racist” - making it a point to be unapologetic about directed hatred towards jews - make sure it’s clear that bad things happening to Jews isn’t itself a bad thing, it’s them getting what they deserve - implying Jews and whites are mutually exclusive groups - somehow sliding a “fuck immigrants” sentiment in there at the end People got all uppity about Kanye, but even he wasn’t on this level.