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dkwee — 11 years ago(December 19, 2014 05:47 PM)
indeed these people sneaking in the disgusting assault that is the insult of anti-semitism i know many jews who are extremely critical of israel, even more so than emma thomposon thr16d0owing the word anti-semitism around like hitler-comparisons is hardly political, in fact it is anti-political. it is a cheap and tasteless move that degrades the victims of the holocaust by reducing the evil of the holocaust to something as banal as a critical perception of the politics of israel there is antisemitism and it has been a part of european history and in fact culture and there is a state of israel today, which has a military and quite a military it is, which has a secret service and quite a secret service it is, a police force and authoritarian politicans . and quite they are
being critical of conservative israeli politics, is not only necessary, it s part of a real political discourse. it s part of a democracy and israel is very much funded by european and american states. it is a political issue. not simply an issue between people who are so called anti-semitic and people who are what exactly? pro-israel? reasonable? what do they pretend to be? i am in favor of discourse and asking questions being critical towards institutionalized power.
there needs to be accountability and there need to be people who demand accountability but then there will always be people who will call those who don't comply traitors, or terrorists or antisemites
and there will always be antisemites, as there will always be people who are racists, but how dare these people calling emma thompson an antisemite simply because she asks questions, simply because she dares to let those that suffer speak emma thomposon is engaging a political discourse, people calling her antisemite are trying to shut it up it s appalling.. -
jajceboy — 10 years ago(April 01, 2016 11:43 AM)
She2000's pro-Palestinian, not anti-Semitic. She simply sides with Palestine and acknowledging their right to exist. That doesn't mean she hates Jews or want them extinct.
If she was anti-Semitic, really really anti-Semitic, I doubt she would have worked with Mike Nichols, Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep, Helena Bonham Carter, Maggie Gyllenhaal and other Jewish actors. True anti-Semites would refuse to even work or co-act with these and other Jews. That would be going against their belief. But she has worked with them all and in some instances she's even best buddies with them.
And even if she's anti-Semite, so what? Is that a crime? No one seems to complain when people makes anti-Muslim remarks or anti-anything. -
jajceboy — 9 years ago(December 29, 2016 05:29 AM)
Calling people who criticize Israel for anti-Semitic is beyond ridiculous. That actually undermines the whole fight against actual anti-Semitism.
Not to mention it might set a standard where people will be afraid to criticize Israel or other countries. Every country hould be criticized without accusations of ant anything. Criticizing Israel doesn't make anyone anti-Semitic, it just means that person acknowledges Palestine's right to exist. -
HarveyManfredSinJohn — 9 years ago(January 01, 2017 03:40 PM)
Meryl Streep isn't Jewish. But apart from that I mostly agree with you, although I would never defend someone's anti-Semitism. Not that Thompson is an anti-Semite(being pro-Palestinian is not the same as being an anti-Semite).