Post by @serge@babka.social

@theDrake made a mildly antisemitic comment to me me on Patreon. "Nice" to see the Judenhass follows me off the Fediverse onto other platforms.

The "Jewish Heritage" dogwhistle and then trying to erase someone's identity as a Jew in America, especially one growing up in the 1940s/1950s in the US, when Jews were openly discriminated against. Koenig was very open and explicit about his struggles as a Jew in multiple interviews and discussions.

The context is on the comments of an explicitly progressive content creator.

I say mildly because I've heard worse, and it's possible to use that "Jewish heritage" 🤢 term innocently, but not then follow it up with "let's erase his Jewish identity"

® Serge Wroclawski © 5h
A whole video about Walter Koenig and not a single mention that he was Jewish. Imagine a video obituary about someone who was Black, or LGBTQ+ and not mentioning their identity or the struggles they faced.

Not cool Steve.

® David C. Drake 45min
“Interesting. I've listened to several of Walter's interviews and don't recall ever hearing him talk about his Jewish heritage. Frankly, that may not have been a "big deal" in his mind, at least in terms of his public life. And on that note, | disagree that ethnic or sexual identity *always* need to be mentioned. That assumption feels a bit weird, impersonal, and reductionist to me. We all have many facets and not all of them need to be talked about at every turn! At the very least, | think it's silly to take a chiding tone toward Steve on this point. — ® Serge Wroclawski © 5h A whole video about Walter Koenig and not a single mention that he was Jewish. Imagine a video obituary about someone who was Black, or LGBTQ+ and not mentioning their identity or the struggles they faced. Not cool Steve. ® David C. Drake 45min “Interesting. I've listened to several of Walter's interviews and don't recall ever hearing him talk about his Jewish heritage. Frankly, that may not have been a "big deal" in his mind, at least in terms of his public life. And on that note, | disagree that ethnic or sexual identity *always* need to be mentioned. That assumption feels a bit weird, impersonal, and reductionist to me. We all have many facets and not all of them need to be talked about at every turn! At the very least, | think it's silly to take a chiding tone toward Steve on this point.

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Robbie

@robbienorlyn@babka.social 16 min. ago

@serge @theDrake I certainly wouldn’t want someone who would openly express such ignorance about my personhood being in charge of publishing anything about it.
Falsely positing that their claimed ignorance is good enough to dismiss an aspect of another person’s identity is just plain wrong on so many levels.