Which i never did. You cannot deny the reality, that many Jewish people and organizations want to tie all Jewish people to Israel. It is the predominant view in the larger organizations, that are often recognized as spokespeople for the Jewish community in the respective country, continent or world.
I also find it wrong, that Israel is claiming to be representative of the Jewish people as a whole and having a lot of organized support for it. The voices to the contrary need to organize and make themselves heard.
And because of that, it's justified for people to constantly expect me to prove I have no allegiance to Israel? Bullshit. I should not have to prove I don't support apartheid just because I'm Jewish.
So non-Jews are not at fault at all for being bigoted? It's all the fault of Israeli Jews? There's no bigotry involved at all? That's what you're saying?
Man you can ask ANYONE if they support the CCP. You can ask ANYONE if they support the Israeli apartheid state.
But it’s more relevant to ask people that are more likely to do so.
If many (most even) American Jews or Israeli-Americans support Bibi and the apartheid state, what the fuck are we supposed to do? Why is it bigotry to ask a question?
I’m an immigrant, to Europe, and I’ve been asked many times if I supported the fascist fucker who was our president for a while. Because A LOT of the immigrants from my country around that time did. It’s a fucking relevant question.
If you’re not a fascist, you don’t want to keep talking with one.
Did you miss the other commentors explaining why that's the case? I personally don't do that, but I can understand why others do. As usual, blame the politicians
How is that even anti semitic? They're pointing out an action that major Jewish organisations are undeniably doing. You don't get to play the antisemitic card for honest criticism. That's exactly the sort of BS Israel is pulling that makes everybody annoyed at them.
It's antisemitic because I have to justify myself as a Jew because people like them know this organization exists. As I have said multiple times- I have to justify that I am not a bad person because of my ancestry. Regularly. And you're saying that non-Jews bear no fault there. Fucking bullshit.
Antisemitism is hatred of Jews. People assuming that you're connected with Israel is not antisemitism, you're just diluting the word.
Do you realise that your response is exactly what the groups are hoping for when they're sowing their 'Jews = Israel' propaganda? They're defining your identity to the world, and by getting upset at the world for accepting that propaganda, you've allowed the organisations to drive a wedge between you and non-Jews. As a Chinese, I experience something similar with China. I can understand your feelings of annoyance. But you've got to understand that you're falling for the plans of the politicians when you respond in the way you are now.
I disagree that antisemitism is hatred. Antisemitism is the othering of Jews. People who say things like Jews are all rich are being antisemitic. Because it's a lie and a bigoted one. People who say anything about Jews as a universal truth are being antisemitic because there are no universal commonalities amongst Jews. But people don't care about that. They don't even care if you're an observant Jew. I've had people, completely innocently, ask me why Jews are in charge of Hollywood. They don't mean it in a hateful way. It's still antisemitic.
If someone asks a black person why black people are such good dancers, they aren't being hateful, but they are being racist.
So I may be falling for politicians, but I do not agree with your definition of antisemitism.
Fair enough, I agree with you on the antisemitism point. You probably still want to take a long moment to think about the root cause of why this is happening and what they hope to gain from it.