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Being called 'anti-Semitic' because you dared to criticize the actions of Israel shuts down debate and effectively removes certain areas of conversation from fr
by Aqueous 12y ago
Being called 'anti-Semitic' because you dared to criticize the actions of Israel shuts down debate and effectively removes certain areas of conversation from free speech.
It is possible to criticize fundamentalist Judaism, and the actions of Israel, without being anti-Semitic.
At the exact same time, it is possible to criticize the many illiberal components of fundamentalist Islam without being anti-Islamic.
It is only because we accept that some areas are 'off limits' for conversation that these conflations are allowed to be made.
- girvo 12y agoJust like criticising my government here in Australia doesn't make me a Communist. It's the same debate tactics that have been used since the 50's, just applied more widely. It makes me sad, but emotional manipulation is difficult to fight without sinking to their level.