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Again, I'm sorry you're making this tendentious point. That is not what I said. What I said was that when we hear anti-Semitic catchwords or allusions we shouldn't treat them all the same. When it's someone like Steve Bannon who is steeped in American political culture ...
2/ and is immersed in all the relevant history we should take his anti-Semitism as just that. People from non-western immigrant backgrounds are by definition not versed in the history of European anti-Semitism. And yes, you have to be willfully clueless not to realize that ...
3/ the Israel-Palestine issue doesn't create some hostile attitudes toward Jews in many Muslim immigrant communities. How could it not? So my point was - again, if you look at what I actually said, that we should not be quick to write someone off because they make a comment ...
4/ that we might find beyond the pale from someone from a different background. It behooves us to try to explain why certain ideas, phrases, histories of attacks are part of a history of discrimination. Now, if you want to see that as thinly veiled racism you're entitled to ...
5/ it. To me it's trying to be aware of different backgrounds, experiences people come out of while not relegating Jews' concerns about anti-Semitism to some trivial footnote amidst various other more righteous concerns. So u've taken what I said and reversed it entirely. For ...
6/ anyone else listening in I expanded on these points in a piece I wrote on Omar back in early February. You can read that here. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/thought…
