Corbyn used antisemitic tropes and fumbled bizarrely when asked to repudiate antisemitism directly.
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when your party is in the throes of a massive public scandal around antisemitism, it's best to avoid the appearance of dogwhistles. and it's not that hard!
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now I'm thinking about this...all Zionists aren't Jews, all Jews aren't Zionists. If I know you and know we're on the same page about this, then yes, it could be fine to talk about why Zionists are wrong, or have launched a bad political program in some context.
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but there are a lot of contexts on this not very pleasant website where "Zionists" is a dogwhistle for Jews, and if I don't know you, you should probably carefully explain yourself if using it in an ambiguous context.
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you may say, well that sucks, that's tedious. but taking a minute to repudiate antisemitism is worthwhile, both in itself and in this case because it's a way to protect palestinian solidarity from charges of antisemitism.
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goddamnit why does the octopus of antisemitism have to have its tentacles in every discourse *disclaimer octopuses are great and also not jewish
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