Are American college campuses hotbeds of anti-semitism coming from the progressive left?
That’s what the so-called “liberal mainstream media” keeps saying, and I don’t see anyone speaking up to contradict or rebut them.
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Burnley123 · 41-45, M
I'm not American but I live in a university city I'm England and I believe that the dynamics are similar.
Is there anti-Semitism in society? Yes. Is there some on the left? Also yes. No group is immune to racism, not even anti racists.
The vast bulk of this though is conflation between criticism if Israel with anti-semetism. Younger people haven't become more racist or anti-jew, but they have moved further to the left. I've seen plenty of young Americans (including American Jews( taking staunchly pro-Palestine positions on tiktok. Young people I know hate my governments complicity in supporting Israel's actions in Gaza.
It's like how the Irish parliament has benn called anti-semetic by defenders of Israel. There are zero reasons why that country would hate Jews more that other European countries. There are a huge amount of reasons why people from that country would be staunchly against settler colonialism and violent imperialism.
Is there anti-Semitism in society? Yes. Is there some on the left? Also yes. No group is immune to racism, not even anti racists.
The vast bulk of this though is conflation between criticism if Israel with anti-semetism. Younger people haven't become more racist or anti-jew, but they have moved further to the left. I've seen plenty of young Americans (including American Jews( taking staunchly pro-Palestine positions on tiktok. Young people I know hate my governments complicity in supporting Israel's actions in Gaza.
It's like how the Irish parliament has benn called anti-semetic by defenders of Israel. There are zero reasons why that country would hate Jews more that other European countries. There are a huge amount of reasons why people from that country would be staunchly against settler colonialism and violent imperialism.