On antisemitism, a thread: If you think that it is okay to make demeaning comments about a group who make up 14 million of the world’s 8 billion population then you are a bully and a racist. If you think Jews control the world or its finances or its media given that there are
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14 million Jews in a world population of 8 billion then you are a racist and a fool. If you think that mocking Jews for racist tropes and stereotypes is okay but you would not do so about any other minorities then you are an antisemite. If you think that you like Jews and
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therefore have a right to make fun of one of the most persecuted minorities throughout history, you are an antisemite. If you think it is okay to ignore someone’s antisemitism (overt or covert) because you agree with them on other issues, then you are a racist and
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an antisemite.

Oh, and while this thread was not inspired by events @EssexHRC and @Uni_of_Essex it is worth noting that nearly 10 months later I am still waiting for an apology for, and adequate disciplinary proceedings against, the academic who perpetrated antisemitism
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against a Jew on Holocaust Memorial Day – and let’s be clear, that academic would not have got away with any other form of overt racism, but then again there is clear evidence that @Uni_of_Essex has a history of covering up and colluding with antisemitism including against
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