Thread by @MysticScholar

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1) Hey, #MESA, it's not #antisemitism, huh? Well, I'm sure then you must be endorsing boycotts of Saudi Arabia for running a police state, treating women like chattel, and giving capital punishment to LGBTQ folks.

2) And I'm sure you endorsing boycotts of Iran for imprisoning&murdering LGBTQ, Bahai, and others, treating its Arab population as 2nd-class citizens, destroying democracy, and threatening to wipe lsrael off the map.

3) And, of you course, you endorse boycotts of Syria whose president also runs a vicious police regime, helped murder 200,000 of his own citizens, used chemical weapons on his own people, and runs massive torture chambers.

4) So, #MESA, I could name other nations too with way worse human rights records than Israel under horrible repressive dictatorships. Once you give the same attention to them as you do to Israel, then I'll take you more seriously.

5) Otherwise, this is nothing other than singling out a country because it's Jewish. We can call that antisemitism, Jew hatred, racism, or just plain hatred. But that's what it is. You hate Jews. I wish you'd just be honest, say so, and get on with it.

6) Stop hiding behind academic robes&scholarly costumes. You're no different than the more mundane neo-Nazis, neo-Aryans, KKK who are less gifted as poseurs and cocktail party conversationalists.

Hashtags: #MESA #MiddleEastStudiesAssociation #antisemitism #Israel

Oops. I forgot to mention that the Iranian government denies/minimizes the Holocaust. But, then again, I've prob left out a lot just cuz there's so much out there to list. And no doubt MESA has some excuse not to consider any of this important enough to boycott anyone.

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