I hate that in English media, it's largely only right wing sources that cover antisemitism....
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@serge I have very similar feelings when it comes to Ukraine. For most left-wingers the russian war (or: war in general) is a hot potato not approached on an intellectual but on an emotional level at best. I do not know a single prominent left-wing voice in the discourse who fully supports Ukraine. And, same as for antisemitism, the problem is not that right-wingers support you but that left-wingers don't.
That may be true and I appreciate the connection, but I'm not discussing the left wing so much as the mainstream.
I'm talking about the New York Times, the Washington Post, the BBC, CBC, CNN and other "mainstream" news sources, rather than explicitly left wing outlets.
It puts me in a terrible bind in multiple ways:
1. I don't like how sensationalized and often Islamophobic the articles are
2. If I want to share the article, I appear to be right wing (I'm not)
3. It makes gentiles associated Jewish problems with right wing politics
Let's be clear- this isn't a Jewish problem or a right wing issue. This is a failure of the left to cover antisemitism.