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9 days after writing in defence of a Free Palestine, Paul Biggar is dropped from his director role at CircleCI (hachyderm.io)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/opensource@lemmy.ml
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His original post , titled I can't sleep, is some brilliant writing. When we talk about the chilling effect that criticism of Israel creates in industries everywhere (including ours) this is what that looks like.

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[–] 18 points 2 years ago (9 children)

I will preface this by saying that there are risks to being openly involved.

There are people work to avoid taking actions that may benefit Israel:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boycott,_Divestment_and_Sanctions

https://bdsmovement.net/get-involved/what-to-boycott

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  • [–] 19 points 2 years ago (8 children)

    Definitely doesn't help that most of the damn US has some form of Anti-BDS laws. Because everybody knows Anti-Zionism is Anti-Semitism right guys?

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  • [–] -2 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    Anti-Zionism and antisemitism are not the same thing, but neither are they mutually exclusive.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago* (5 children)

    Anti-fascism and anti-semitims are also not mutually exclusive. Anti-communism and anti-consumerism are not mutually exclusive. Anti-war and anti-liberalism are not mutually exclusive. Anti-abortion and anti-gay rights are not mutually exclusive.

    Hell, few things are mutually exclusive. You had a handful of god-damn Jewish Nazis and one fucking honorary aryan during the war. So not even Semitism and anti-Semitism are mutually fucking exclusive.

    Things not being mutually exclusive is a pretty fucking moot argument.

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  • [–] -3 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Things not being mutually exclusive is a pretty fucking moot argument.

    It's not an argument.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    So what is it?

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  • [–] -2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    It was a statement. Why do you find it so upsetting that something antisemitic might also be called anti-Zionist?

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    Anti-Semitism is used for people who dislike Jews, anti-Zionism is opposition to a political ideology. One of these is deplorable, the other is vital to any non-totalitarian society, whether you agree with it or not.

    By blurring the line between the two you are at best either legitimizing anti-Semitism or pushing towards a totalitarian mindset where political ideologies cannot be challenged. In reality you're doing both. And even worse, I think you know what you're doing.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    By blurring the line between the two you are at beist either legitimizing anti-Semitism or pushing towards a totalitarian mindset where political ideologies cannot be challenged

    How am I blurring the line?
    What did I say that made it more difficult for you or anyone else to determine what is anti-Zionism and what is antisemitism?
    Did I suggest some change to the definition of what constitutes something being labeled one or the other?
    Did I suggest a method for determining what is antisemitic or anti-Zionist?
    Did I make a false statement?

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