I hate that in English media, it's largely only right wing sources that cover antisemitism....
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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.
@serge it is a big problem in French media as well. This make harder to talk and convinced other left wing activist. As an activist against antisemitism you're often perceived as the Left sionist, which means a kind traitor at the end.
I refuse to accept the idea that Jewish civil rights is a dirty word, or idea.
I find it especially ironic coming from a country like France, a country where Catholicism is built into its very foundations, and which has treated its Jews so poorly for so long (including my family, and hell, including forcing me to have a pre-approved Christian name...)
@serge * still difficult if for jews in far left still difficult for muslim in center left
@serge Indeed you shouldn't and I don't accept it neither. Interesting though in France we will not use the expression Jewish civil rights or [what ever community] civil rights. We rather use the expression antiracism or individual rights abd freedom. Even if it is changing a but in activism but mainstream mentality see community as threat to our national unity, which is telling about the internalized racism /antisemitism. And make discrimination issues hard to tackle beacause if you dare to
@serge complain there's alaways someone to answer we are egal in the law we are the human rights nation, aren't we ? Despite all those nice speechs about human rights blabla the civil rights of every oppressed goup is in danger in France
@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.
Those outlets are too busy practicing it to cover it.
@serge The rest of them seem to see it as a non-issue at best or as whining Jews at worst. But I find it ironic that no one seems to accuse anyone of 'weaponizing Islamophobia to silence criticism'.