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[quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]And that is your opinion, just as I have mine. Why do you get to determine which "case" is correct?

Again, it is ironic that a thread opened (not by me) to discuss and expose antisemitism on the DC council has turned into condemnation of Jews who agree with that interpretation. Posters upthread remarked that there is just as much antisemtism from the left, and this thread proves it. 
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You are basically calling anyone who doesn't agree with you an anti-Semite. You claim that White is an anti-Semite despite there being no clearcut evidence of that. I've been called an anti-Semite and you have given silent assent to that allegation. You've called other posters anti-Semites. So, you are correct that we all have our own opinions. But, the difference is that you consider anyone who doesn't share your opinion to be an ant-Semite. 
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DP.  Yes, there is an explanation that White is not an anti-semite.  But one can only come to that conclusion when White is given absolutely every benefit of the doubt and one credits every explanation/excuse he has provided.  You and others are bending over backwards to accept the (relatively) innocent explanations for White's statements/actions when Jews are the targeted population.

A politician who made the same remarks against Blacks, Hispanics, Native Americans, Asians, and probably even plain old Whites would probably not be given the same benefit of the doubt.  You would not see people twisting every which way to accept the innocent explanation for impolitic comments.  Only when it is the Jews under attack do people decide now is the time to give someone the benefit of the doubt.  (I actually think the outrage machine has gotten too strong/indignant and that we are often too quick to call for scalps when someone makes a questionable comment, so maybe I should be happy that calmer heads have seemed to prevail here.  But I am still troubled that rationality only seems to have reared its said when the Jews are attacked.)

And the same thing happens with Israel.  There is plenty to criticize about Israeli policies, but you and others are myopically focused on Israel's faults -- real and perceived -- and there is absolutely no recognition of faults on the other side, or legitimate threats that Israeli faces.  Any other country that faced the threats that it has (both historic and current) would at least be given the benefit of the doubt on some things, some of the time.  (That doesn't mean that all of its policies would or should be beyond criticism.)  Instead it is Israel/the Jews who are the sole aggressors and only party worthy of condemnation.  In a similar vein, look at the UN -- resolution after resolution condemning Israeli -- sometimes fairly, often not -- while misdeeds of innumerable other nations are excused or ignored.

This double standard -- both domestically and internationally -- is very disheartening to many Jews, especially since a lot of it is coming from the left today.  For better or worse, most of us don't expect much from the right.  But the left -- with which most of us identify -- has historically been a safe and welcoming space.  That is much less true today and is scary for a lot of people.[/quote]

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