re: #65 Sergey Romanov

Anti-Zionism was (and is) a standard cover for antisemitism, especially in the Soviet Union (which is not to say that anti-Zionism is automatically antisemitic). Usually one can distinguish antisemitism when “Zionists” is used in non-Israel related context.

E.g. I had a “debate” on a Holocaust denial forum once with a neo-Nazi who was all like “well, why didn’t Zionist Kaganovich do this or that”. Obviously, when a guy calls an obvious anti-Zionist like Kaganovich a “Zionist”, he is merely using the word to mean “a Jew”. The moderator of that forum in fact instructed the less experienced members that they shouldn’t say “Jews”, etc., and use softer language like “Jewish supremacists” and “Zionists”.

I think you’re right that the key is seeing it in a context where Israel is not related. That’s crazy that you debated Holocaust deniers. I’ve never met one thankfully. I am not surprised the forum’s mod did that because that seems to be what I see David Duke doing whenever I see him appear on a network that’s giving him a sympathetic ear. Kind of like how racial supremacists like now to emphaize they’re racial separatists rather than supremacists.