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Thread #140399   Message #3229796
Posted By: GUEST,livelylass
27-Sep-11 - 06:35 AM
Thread Name: BS: Palestine
Subject: RE: BS: Palestine
"It really is time some people learned to distinguish between "anti-Jewish" and "anti- Zionism""

I believe that most people accusing others of 'anti-Semitism' mean no such thing and abuse the term as a fully cynical means to stifle open discussion of actions of the Israeli govt.

Many Jewish people, particularly those who do not wish to have their Jewish identity subsumed into and conflated with the actions of a government of a country they may not even have any personal interest in or relationship with, find the routine invoking of "anti-Semitism" in such discussions, both offensive and harmful.