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Israel/Palestine

Little Tich

(6,171 posts)

18. Oops, seems like I forgot about Gideon Levy.

Reply to shira (Reply #15)

Sun Oct 9, 2016, 07:15 AM

Oct 2016

I don't think he's an anti-Semite in any way - but he's good at holding up a mirror to those Zionists who think they're the good guys and that all the harm Israel is doing is for some greater good. Israel needs more people like him, and all examples are more or less justified criticism.

I may have a minor disagreement about the extent of personal responsibility for doing bad things, but in general, Levy is spot on.

So we disagree on Levy, but I don't know if we disagree on Glick and the MFA clip...

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Why Anti-Zionists Who Say They Aren’t Anti-Semitic Usually Are [View all] shira Oct 2016 OP

As an athiest... kristopher Oct 2016 #1

It's more than that. aranthus Oct 2016 #2

Good point. Giving up a nation's sovereignty peacefully is absurd & unheard of. shira Oct 2016 #17

I'm opposed to Zionism because I'm against all forms of nationalism that promote ethnic superiority Little Tich Oct 2016 #3

What's racist is actively opposing Jewish nationalism & no other. n/t shira Oct 2016 #5

What's racist is that your dissolving of the Jewish state leads to dead Jews. shira Oct 2016 #16

London's Ultra Orthodox Jews run daily gauntlet of anti-Semitic abuse shira Oct 2016 #25

I don't like the thought of Jewish people having to keep a packed suitcase under their beds, just in Little Tich Oct 2016 #26

You don't like the thought but that's the situation you prefer for Israeli Jews. shira Oct 2016 #27

Maybe I shouldn't do this, but... Little Tich Oct 2016 #4

What do u disagree with? You know what antisemitism is while no one else does? n/t shira Oct 2016 #6

The "new" definition of anti-Semitism that includes criticism of Israel as a form of anti-Semitism Little Tich Oct 2016 #7

You're a self-appointed expert on racism. Everyone else is dumb... shira Oct 2016 #8

I don't think that my views on what constitutes racism differs from the average person Little Tich Oct 2016 #9

I used your definition to prove writings from Mondoweiss & Gideon Levy.... shira Oct 2016 #10

You have only proved to yourself that those writings were racist. Little Tich Oct 2016 #11

I used your criteria & proved it, but let's compare. Here's Gideon Levy... shira Oct 2016 #12

I challenge you to find someone at JPost more racist & vile than Gideon Levy. shira Oct 2016 #13

In addition to Caroline Glick at the Jerusalem Post, I'll provide an example from the Israeli Minist Little Tich Oct 2016 #14

Not to defend Glick, but how is this at all racist? aranthus Oct 2016 #20

For defining racism, I'll just go with "feelings of antipathy towards an ethnic group"... Little Tich Oct 2016 #21

For defining racism I go with a dictionary. aranthus Oct 2016 #22

Your definition that racism only includes racial groups is too narrow in scope and completely Little Tich Oct 2016 #23

It's the dictionary's definition, not mine. aranthus Oct 2016 #24

Before I respond to your examples, do we agree Gideon Levy is racist? shira Oct 2016 #15

Oops, seems like I forgot about Gideon Levy. Little Tich Oct 2016 #18

How is Glick worse than Levy? Explain by comparison please. n/t shira Oct 2016 #19

Rabbi Sacks on Antizionism = Antisemitism... shira Oct 2016 #28