Thread by @SimonHButler

THREAD: HOW TO TELL IF SOMEONE’S AN ANTISEMITE

Given the disturbing increase in antisemitic incidents in my own county, the U.S., and others, I thought it might be helpful to provide an easy guide to antisemitic behaviors by people on social media and off. So here goes: (1/10)

THREAD: HOW TO TELL IF SOMEONE’S AN ANTISEMITE

“I used to respect Jews, but now I don’t”: People who say such bunk never “respected” Jews in the first place. They are merely justifying their bigotry by suggesting their views evolved after Jews purportedly made them do so. (2/10)

THREAD: HOW TO TELL IF SOMEONE’S AN ANTISEMITE

“I’m an anti-Zionist, not an antisemite”: Zionism is the movement to create a state of the Jewish people’s own, realized in Israel, the area from which Jews originated. Most Jews are Zionists. Hate Zionism, and you hate Jews. (3/10)

THREAD: HOW TO TELL IF SOMEONE’S AN ANTISEMITE

“The globalists/Rothschilds control the banks, the media, etc.”: The Rothschilds were a Jewish banking family often cited by conspiracy theorists as an example of Jews purportedly dominating the world. This is #antisemitism. (4/10)

THREAD: HOW TO TELL IF SOMEONE’S AN ANTISEMITE

“As a Jew, I strongly believe Israel is an illegitimate state.”: Most Jews support Israel; a tiny but vocal minority doesn’t. Reports also have found that some people maliciously pretend to be Jewish online to incite dissent. (5/10)

THREAD: HOW TO TELL IF SOMEONE’S AN ANTISEMITE

“I don’t have anything against Jews, but why does everything have to be about the Holocaust?”: Folks who say this are peeved that Jews are the focus of news surrounding this genocide. They’re unimportant, so they’re envious. (6/10)

THREAD: HOW TO TELL IF SOMEONE’S AN ANTISEMITE

“I’m not a Holocaust denier. I just think most Jews died of hunger or typhus, and there weren’t gas chambers.”: Anyone who denies established facts about the Holocaust - which was very well-documented - is a denier. Period. (7/10)

THREAD: HOW TO TELL IF SOMEONE’S AN ANTISEMITE

“Jews are European invaders. They’re the descendants of Khazars who in the Dark Ages converted to Judaism.” This is an antisemitic, debunked theory that aims to undermine factual Jewish ties to the Israeli region. No dice. (8/10)

THREAD: HOW TO TELL IF SOMEONE’S AN ANTISEMITE

“They’re controlled by George Soros.”: George Soros is a wealthy Jewish philanthropist who supports various left-wing causes. Suggesting he’s a puppet master feeds into old antisemitic tropes about Jews controlling the world. (9/10)

THREAD: HOW TO TELL IF SOMEONE’S AN ANTISEMITE

“Thank you, David Duke / Louis Farrakhan / Linda Sarsour / Noam Chomsky / Norman Finkelstein / Gilad Atzmon / Jeremy Corbyn / Chris Williamson / Rashida Tlaib / Ilhan Omar / Richard Burgon / Richard Spencer, etc.”:

QED.

(10/10)