Noah BerlatskyMar 20
yes. you need to look at bigotry based on *how it affects the target* not on the basis of *what is in the heart of the person spreading slurs or bigotry.* 1

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Show threadNoah BerlatskyMar 20
in this case, fascist slurs against Jews, when used by people on the left, have a couple of ugly impacts: 1. they make Jewish people feel they are unwelcome in left spaces 2. they normalize the terms, making it harder to push back against the right.
Show threadNoah Berlatsky
these are bad in themselves. they are also really counterproductive if the goal is Palestinian liberation. empowering the right makes it harder to gain political ground for Palestinian liberation.
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Show threadNoah BerlatskyMar 20
forcing anti Zionist Jews out of left spaces weakens the coalition against Zionism by validating right wing slurs and by alienating many passionate supporters of Palestinian rights.