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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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[–] -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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