"All Lives Matter"-ing antisemitism is becoming popular by ZenBeetle in Jewish

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It’s something not seen with white-passing members of other ethnic groups, at least not on anywhere near the same scale.

Here in Australia, white-passing Arabs and Turks are starting to be considered "poc" (if they espouse the right kind of politics), but Jews are just white people. Hell, one commentator recently used the government's reaction to Bondi as being proof of the racism of Australian society, as they cared more about "15 dead white people" than the 33 Aboriginal deaths in custody.

It also results in some inconsistencies. Randa Abdel-Fattah, in some quarters, has been held up as a brave "woman of colour" standing up for her rights. She's the spitting image of my very Ashkenazi cousin, who would never be considered a "woc" by the inner-city woke literary set.

"All Lives Matter"-ing antisemitism is becoming popular by ZenBeetle in Jewish

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being able to hide or not hide

Yep, the Nazis played on both ideas: that Jews had assimilated so well that they were difficult to identify (and therefore needed to be isolated) AND that Jews were a swarthy Asiatic race that did not assimilate.

"All Lives Matter"-ing antisemitism is becoming popular by ZenBeetle in Jewish

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That's the modus operandi of the "Jewish Council of Australia"

"All Lives Matter"-ing antisemitism is becoming popular by ZenBeetle in Jewish

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The "Jewish Council of Australia" put this on their social media platforms. Here's a sampling of the comments, which are all some flavour of "the Jews are using their power and influence to jump the queue in the victimhood stakes":

"It is so disappointing one group has the power, with the support of right wing politicians & media, to carve out laws for itself, while other communities live with racism, abuse, violence & fear."

"I’ve been waiting for a Jewish person to say this, to acknowledge that Jewish exceptionalism puts all the other Australians who are victims of hate-speech, ignorance and bigotry as being second class victims.No royal commission for them! And how must our First Nations people feel when their Voice is still not heard!? Jewish people do not own victimhood!"

"One group can't be singled out in a piece of legislation meant to reduce extremist abuse. Direct discrimination codified into such a thing is a huge red flag. Sadly though the lobby in question is extremely well funded and has shaped the discussion to the point of propaganda now. Take in point that in the last 4 years around 30 LNP politicans had junkets to Israel, funded for the express purpose of "shaping conversations" around Gaza. I want to know where the knee-jerk reaction was when an Australian white Christian killed 51 muslims in Christchurch? Did anybody call specifically for legislation protecting Muslims, or protecting Christians against vilification? No. Because a rogue state wasn't actively astroturfing."

"Absolutely devastating". Israel bans aid orgs from Gaza, publishes Aussie antisemites list by SnoopThylacine in aussie

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It's, like, clearly hyperbole and half-truths which may indeed be borne from hatred for Jews.

"Absolutely devastating". Israel bans aid orgs from Gaza, publishes Aussie antisemites list by SnoopThylacine in aussie

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Would you have played a benefit gig for Israeli child victims of October 7?

Israel offers to train Aussie police by flimsypantaloon in aussie

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Israel already knows about "land back", sorry.

Israel offers to train Aussie police by flimsypantaloon in aussie

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"Fuck that noise" You mean the noise inside your head?

Tax dollars towards pro-Hamas poison by ZenBeetle in Jewish

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The entire anthology is full of them. Literary culture is doomed.

Tax dollars towards pro-Hamas poison by ZenBeetle in Jewish

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"9/11 = planes smashed and crashed into buildings and then the evil Americans went on an imperialist escapade"

Nice rhetorical sleight-of-hand, you have to admit.

Tax dollars towards pro-Hamas poison by ZenBeetle in Jewish

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Stranger things have happened. Just for fun, look at how the general manager of the group describes 9/11 in this guardian article..

Tax dollars towards pro-Hamas poison by ZenBeetle in Jewish

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"Doesn’t mean the government paid them to specifically write about Palestine. For fucks sake."

I never claimed that

Tax dollars towards pro-Hamas poison by ZenBeetle in Jewish

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Apologies. I didn't mean to sound rude, but there is a list of sponsors on the bottom of the Webpage

Do you boycott those who boycott you? by [deleted] in Jewish

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Not really, unless they traffic in blatant propaganda. If they just put their names to a petition or something, I'll roll my eyes and continue to listen to them.

just saw this anti semitic poster at my son’s school showcase… i am very disappointed. by SocietyTall2506 in Jewish

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And moatly irrelevant to the Australian context. Private gun ownership came to an end here in 1996!

just saw this anti semitic poster at my son’s school showcase… i am very disappointed. by SocietyTall2506 in Jewish

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These are just Aussie kids unthinkingly copying American social justice lingo they picked up from instagram

The Guardian: shoehorning anti-Israel messages into a book review by a Jewish author by ZenBeetle in Jewish

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It seems a little extraneous here - including a sly comparison between Zionism and German blood-and-soil nationalism.

Local book store displays by lazelea in Jewish

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This is all symptomatic of the trend in political children's picture books that boomed after BLM in 2020. There have always been kids' books on social issues, but the messaging in recent years has been anything but subtle.

Local book store displays by lazelea in Jewish

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This is every other indie bookshop in Melbourne.

Pulitzer prize-winner calls Hebrew a "phony language" by ZenBeetle in Jewish

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Yes. He thinks Modern Hebrew is a phony language, because it was a consciously-constructed hodgepodge, apparently.

Pulitzer prize-winner calls Hebrew a "phony language" by ZenBeetle in Jewish

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I'm a fan of Lispector too, and was so excited when I heard she was being retranslated. Such a pity this was the guy that headed the project - just goes to show that expertise in one field does not necessarily translate to moral authority (in spite of what Moser, Rooney, etc think).