on campus "anti-semiticism"===I'm not sure that I can agree that classic antisemitism can apply to most of the protestors. For those who have shown other anti-Semitic behavior by word or deed before the recent crisis, OK. But I really doubt many have. They are juvenile and mindless, yes, because they are not considering the total complex…
on campus "anti-semiticism"===I'm not sure that I can agree that classic antisemitism can apply to most of the protestors. For those who have shown other anti-Semitic behavior by word or deed before the recent crisis, OK. But I really doubt many have. They are juvenile and mindless, yes, because they are not considering the total complexity of the issues, and as so many Americans on ALL issues see this as a matter of taking sides in a binary, no grey, way.
They see the slaughter of 10 times as many Palestinians as Israelis died in the Hamas attack and they see the Palestinians as the underdogs... and the young love underdogs. Take it from someone who wrote in Eugene McCarthy in her first election without contemplating the effect of electing Nixon.
And so they chant slogans--gee, are they the only Americans who chant slogans?--without thinking them through. They have just been deluged with stories about the invasion with civilian slaughter in Ukraine, and has anyone beyond our home-grown proto-fascists sided with Putin?
Here's a hypothetical: We know Orban hates immigrants. Suppose he perceived a threat real threat from a particular group and started bombing their communities. Would any on college campuses here support him? Suppose the group happens to be of a Christian sect he doesn't approve of and is opposed to his form of Christian rule--say Persian Christians from Iran. Would our talking heads be full of stories about how people who opposed the bombing are necessarily Anti-Christian?
There is a rise in Anti-Semitic crime in the US. American has a huge Anti-Semitic chunk of its population and has for forever. Trump has given permission from the elevator ride onward for people to express views that previously they had not dared to say in public. The Holocaust was beyond horrible (there are no words) but you simply cannot label students opposing a Jewish government's actions with the same word that fueled that horror. Their motives are far from those of the Nazis.
on campus "anti-semiticism"===I'm not sure that I can agree that classic antisemitism can apply to most of the protestors. For those who have shown other anti-Semitic behavior by word or deed before the recent crisis, OK. But I really doubt many have. They are juvenile and mindless, yes, because they are not considering the total complexity of the issues, and as so many Americans on ALL issues see this as a matter of taking sides in a binary, no grey, way.
They see the slaughter of 10 times as many Palestinians as Israelis died in the Hamas attack and they see the Palestinians as the underdogs... and the young love underdogs. Take it from someone who wrote in Eugene McCarthy in her first election without contemplating the effect of electing Nixon.
And so they chant slogans--gee, are they the only Americans who chant slogans?--without thinking them through. They have just been deluged with stories about the invasion with civilian slaughter in Ukraine, and has anyone beyond our home-grown proto-fascists sided with Putin?
Here's a hypothetical: We know Orban hates immigrants. Suppose he perceived a threat real threat from a particular group and started bombing their communities. Would any on college campuses here support him? Suppose the group happens to be of a Christian sect he doesn't approve of and is opposed to his form of Christian rule--say Persian Christians from Iran. Would our talking heads be full of stories about how people who opposed the bombing are necessarily Anti-Christian?
There is a rise in Anti-Semitic crime in the US. American has a huge Anti-Semitic chunk of its population and has for forever. Trump has given permission from the elevator ride onward for people to express views that previously they had not dared to say in public. The Holocaust was beyond horrible (there are no words) but you simply cannot label students opposing a Jewish government's actions with the same word that fueled that horror. Their motives are far from those of the Nazis.