Netanyahu says Hamas Gaza chief Mohammad Sinwar has been killed

[Richard D]

121. I enjoyed the ramble . . .

One of the differences, I think, is that when I see antisemitism, I don't get an "ick", I often get a fight or flight response (Sympathetic nervous system). More often than flight, it's fight, like 99%. I believe this is an epigenetic change in the way people who are Jewish react, given all of the times we were the subjects of pogroms, etc. Darwinism in action. That's why the bulge you may see in an ultra-orthodox Rabbi's jacket could be a 9mm semi-automatic instead of a prayer book.

There's another level to antisemitism that is more difficult to see. Let's call it the unconscious level of antisemitism. I see this expressed in the absolute willingness and even glee to unquestioningly accept any accusations in the media against Israel, and the near knee-jerk reaction to label any defence of such accusations as zionist propaganda. And even when such accusations are proven to be false, there follow strings of buts, what-ifs, and could-be's. You can see that in the discussion of the 14K (ok, I'll stop using 44K. Maybe I should have used d144K to point out the absurdity) children who were scheduled to die of starvation in 2 days—total fabrication and many were, rather than being happy they were not going to perish in 2 days, angry about being exposed.

This goes deep. I doubt very many people say Zionist without at least subconsciously thinking of Jews. I doubt very many have even taken the time to understand that Zionism is the belief that the Jewish homeland is the land of Israel. There is a whole shit-load of implied beliefs around that which are definitely antisemetic, even if "Jews are . . ." is never explicitly stated.

And then there is one of the big ones. People are obsessed with Israel and labeling it as an apartheid genocidal state, when this is incredibly far from the truth. Why is this antisemetic? It should be obvious, but let's go over some numbers . . . 150,000 murdered, millions displaced, families destroyed, starvation rampant. A horrible situation, but no one here is outraged and making repeated virtue posts and statements of horror about Sudan. No marching in solidarity with the starving and murdered people of Yemen. No demonstrations for the Druze or the Christians of Lebanon or the Buddhists of Afghanistan. All of these were/are indigenous people of their land, colonized, starved, and murdered by a real colonizer, the Arabs from the Arabian Peninsula. Yet Israel, which was horrifically attacked and is fighting back to make sure it can never happen again, gets the ire of the world. No Jews, no news.