Exceptionalizing antisemitism as the only acceptable form of bigotry to care about on campus is not only unfair to so many other marginalized groups who face bigotry; it's ultimately bad for Jews, too. Keeping Jews as the sole protected class of the government never works out for us in the end. - ThreadSky

joelhs.bsky.social • 5 days ago

Exceptionalizing antisemitism as the only acceptable form of bigotry to care about on campus is not only unfair to so many other marginalized groups who face bigotry; it's ultimately bad for Jews, too. Keeping Jews as the sole protected class of the government never works out for us in the end.

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greggjlevine.bsky.social•4 days ago

This 👆

joelhs.bsky.social•5 days ago

Furthermore, one cannot talk coherently about antisemitism and its manifestations without talking about how it intersects with other forms of bigotry, like queerphobia, anti-Blackness, or xenophobia.

greggjlevine.bsky.social•4 days ago

And also this 👆

joelhs.bsky.social•5 days ago

Imagine talking about Nazi antisemitism and not being permitted to even mention Nazi beliefs about the links between Jews and queer people. Or trying to talk about the Great Replacement conspiracy and not being permitted to talk about how it links antisemitism with hatred of foreigners.

jnil.es•4 days ago

I think this is the 2025 strategy

joelhs.bsky.social•5 days ago

This is nothing more than a strategy to make Jews a "protected class" of a far-right government. To fracture us from being part of coalitions with other communities who are threatened by rising ethnonationalism. And that is bad for those other communities, but is ultimately bad for Jews, as well.

greggjlevine.bsky.social•4 days ago

Make everyone resent “the Jews” so that when they turn and go after the Jews, too, everyone else will say “they had it coming.”

kaizendad.bsky.social•4 days ago

And to own the definition of antisemitism, so that they are free to weaponize it to their own ends, against whatever groups they prefer (including, or perhaps especially, leftist Jews like my family).

filbi.bsky.social•5 days ago

And to them "antisemitism" means criticizing Israel and nothing else.

dramaticowl.bsky.social•4 days ago

bingo

tamarz.bsky.social•4 days ago

As a Jewish American, I totally agree with you.
In fact, Jewish values dictate that we must stand up for people who are targeted or oppressed.
There is a reason so many Jews joined the civil rights movement, that Jews, along with Blacks, were beaten and killed.
"If I am only for myself, what am I?"

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