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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Replying to @kthalps
Because we ought to be wary of how exaggerating the current prevalence of it could be done for similarly cynical reasons.
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Extrapolating a grand "anti-semitism on the rise" narrative based on Twitter trolling a handful of incidents isn't sound reasoning
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And you don't want to make a noxious prejudice seem more robust than it actually is.
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Of course any anti-semitic incident is horrific: question is whether it justifies this new narrative that's being adopted.
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There's just no general anti-Jew climate in the US, other than a tiny fringe of Twitter idiots. There *is* an anti-Muslim climate
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Michael ... rethink this
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I've already thought it over. Here you go: https://medium.com/theyoungturks/anti-semitism-is-horrible-but-not-a-dominant-force-in-american-life-e7d008e0fc37#.mhymmc8jh …
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Replying to @mtracey @SaraMorrison
I responded to this piece. So rethinking, which doesn't require changing a position, means not pointing to the piece.
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Right -- I was giving the piece to Sara, not you
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