Aye, so I'm coming to realise. This must feel profoundly oppressive for conscientious Jews who strive to have their voices publicly heard, but are silenced just because they don't say what the establishment wants them to.

I'm sure it does, but it's not the worst they have to deal with. It is an extremely common experience for Jews who speak out to be blacklisted for jobs, especially if they work in the media, and to be ostracized from their communities and even sometimes their families. And they are constantly being called things like "self-hating Jew" and "kapo" and other kinds of character assassination. Recently I was contacted in a private message in Facebook by a Jewish person who thought I was Jewish. He called me a self-hating Jew and a kapo.

This is why I have the most respect for Jews who are doing this important work. Because they have a lot more to lose than most of us when they speak out.