--- Delirium delirium@rufus.d2g.com wrote:
Steve Vertigum wrote:
And what is wrong with having an anti-apartheid
bias?
Though I'm generally no fan of Israel's, I'd argue that many "anti-Israel biases" are not "anti-apartheid biases", but rather "anti-Jewish biases."
I see your point. But is'nt it anti-Israel to even mention "apartheid" in the context of Israel? So its ok to be anti-apartheid, but its anti-semitic to say Israel is an apartheid state? I try to judge the message rather than the messenger. Judging the messenger is a *lot more work--which people tend to give up on anyway, defaulting to the prejudicial status quo. Why is it so hard to just stick to the facts?
And I think it's pretty obvious what's wrong with the latter.
Of course.
And, in addition, I think it's also pretty clear that the latter is what we're talking about here -- the 22 Arab states in question are known to be blatantly anti-Jewish almost to neo-Nazi extents, publishing things like the Protocols of the Elders of Zion as fact and talking about the "conspiracy of international Jewry".
Ah yes. But from my point of view, its too hard to tell (and therefore I simply default to judging the message, rather than the messenger) -- genuine persecution from the genuine [[persecution complex]]. Call me ignorant, if you like.
~S~
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