▲ 738 ▼ 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 danielquinn@lemmy.ca to c/opensource@lemmy.ml 99 comments fedilink hide all child comments 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.
[–] sab@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago (3 children) So what is it? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] AnneBonny@lemmy.dbzer0.com -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? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sab@kbin.social 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] AnneBonny@lemmy.dbzer0.com 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? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AnneBonny@lemmy.dbzer0.com -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? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sab@kbin.social 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] AnneBonny@lemmy.dbzer0.com 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? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sab@kbin.social 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] AnneBonny@lemmy.dbzer0.com 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? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AnneBonny@lemmy.dbzer0.com 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? permalink fedilink source parent