And fighting White Supremacy and racism means simultaneously fighting Antisemitism, which Omar supporters fail to acknowledge. Both are disgusting.https://twitter.com/cerothstein/status/1151844216819068928 …
I hear you on this. I do. I’ve thought a lot about your Tweet, and also did a bit of reading/research. I think it’s possible to still take a stance against blatant bigotry towards an individual member of congress who is a woman of color being bullied by a white man, and also
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make space for nuance. I think that’s the intention behind my original Tweet. Asking us to be expansive and radical in how much space we can hold for saying no to bigotry and White Nationalism.
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Absolutely say no to bigotry/white nationalism. But also to antisemitism - bc no one is going to stand up for us. She gives lip service to including Jews, but her actions speak louder and show the opposite. In the end, I can't support either.
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Again, I hear you. And I agree with you on saying no to antisemitism—of course. I think it’s ok if we both approach asking to actively hold non-Jews and Jews alike in how they work against both/all forms of oppression. Antisemitism is so complex. It’s not not most systems of
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oppression bc it’s been created and sustained to use Jews/us as a buffer race/people/demographic for scapegoating and blame throughout history, especially during times of civil unrest like now. So I think one of the ways we approach it is by both calling out and calling in.
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Except when you hashtag that you are standing with Omar, you are giving tacit approval to her repeated anti-Israel and antisemitic behaviors. If I included Stand w/Trump in my tweets, everyone would call me a racist.
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I hear that. I do. And. I am demanding we have more nuance. And willing to accept that people may not know what is behind my Tweet. And that’s a risk I take.
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...ask for that same person under attack to grow and learn and hold themselves accountable as well. It’s such a complicated mess. Omar stands up for marginalized voices—people of color, immigrants, etc.—which are groups that include Jews. I think over all we collectively have to
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