Your recent piece makes some important points but anti-semitism can be less than a dominant force & on the rise at the same time.https://twitter.com/mtracey/status/834215224924213249 …
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In any event, crucial to emphasize that it's still an incredibly marginal force -- unlike, say, anti-Muslim sentiment
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But why? You know I'm extremely critical of how antisemitism is exploited, hijacked & exaggerated. don't think the best response...
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is exaggerating its insignificance. We can say that Islamophobia & racism towards Mexicans is much more endemic than anti-Jewish...
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sentiment without pretending it doesn't exist. It's not just the truth but it's important & strategic solidarity-building. If we...
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think, which we do, that bomb threats on Jews get disproportionate coverage & attention the goal should be linking anti-semitism...
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to other things that are much stronger & more endemic. The way to do that is by underlying the fact that hatred of Jews, which...
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in now way exists on the institutionalized & structural level of racism, Islamophobia, is part of the alt-right nationalist...
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agenda. This makes sense on a strategic level, especially given the outsized attention Jews get. We should highlighting stories...
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If you're acknowledging that these anti-semitic incidents have received outsized attention, then I think we basically agree!
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how much attention do you think anti-semitic attacks should actually get
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