re: #550 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

Ok, here we go, Natanyahu is saying criticism of Israel is just anti-semitism. I have to tune that shit out. I believe Israel has the right to exist but that doesn’t mean they are free from criticism.

People abuse the term antisemitism when they use it to shut down criticism of Israel. Antisemitism is a very real, ugly, and dangerous thing. Yes, sometimes criticism of Israel is antisemitic, but not as often as it gets labeled as such, IMO.

The same is true for Islamophobia—it’s out there and it’s ugly & dangerous, but not every criticism of Muslims or Muslim-majority/Islamic countries constitutes Islamophobia (though there are Muslims who would have you think it does).