Now, do a billboard about the mistreatment and repression of Palestinians, and the official right-wing Zionist ruling coalition government's explicit policy of apartheid and direct support for illegal settlements and direct terrorist assaults on Palestinians.
Yes, antisemitism is very, very wrong. Hatred and violence directed at Jewish people is not acceptable. Neither is hatred and violence directed *by* Zionist fascists towards anyone else.
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Whataboutism is a debate tactic aimed at distracting the proponent by diversion to an irrelevant (although often adjacent) subject.
This reply post is a good example of the technique.
The original post is about the Jews and antisemitism.
Jews and Israel are not synonymous.
Never said that they were, and I did note that antisemitism is most definitely not acceptable.
However, it is NOT "whataboutism" to note the actions of the current Israeli government, its exploitive use of Zionism, and its claim to represent all Jewish people in the diaspora, to justify their ethnic cleansing policy.
That is as legitimate an issue as classic antisemitism. The charge of "whataboutism" goes both ways.
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