“There’s thinking in and around the administration that the politics are a lot better if the Israelis go first and alone and the Iranians retaliate against us, and give us more reason to take action,” one of the sources told Politico under the condition of anonymity.
They can cower behind the antisemitism shield where we can’t.
It really has been used as anti-Israel actions is anti-Semitism, which is a load of horseshit. If the U.S. bombs Iran and people criticize it, it’s Anti-U.S. sentiment, not Anti-christian sentiment, unless all Christians suddenly say bombing Iran is what God wants.
If I were a practicing Jew I’d be furious if people kept conflating my faith with the state of Israel.
I don’t think people care about anti semitism so much anymore. Or any of the other isms for that matter.
I quote John Lennon, “I don’t believe in Beatles, I just believe in me.” Good point there. After all, he was the walrus. I could be the walrus. I’d still have to bum rides off people.”
“The question isn’t ‘what are we going to do,’ the question is ‘what aren’t we going to do?’”
They absolutely do
Yeah but it’s going away. There’s an entire generation of people who grew up seeing terms like racism and sexism and anti-semitism being used to deflect against legitimate arguments.
Like you can’t get 12 people to sit in a jury when the cops have beat up on the whole town, right?