--- Delirium <delirium(a)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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