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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t think she was being transactional.

There is a dark history of anti-Semitism among *some* AAs—Louis Farrakhan has had resonance among some—and I hope the response from BLM wasn’t a reflection of that.

There is also a strain of anti-Semitism among *some* parts of the progressive movement, as an outgrowth of understandable dislike of cruel Israeli policies towards Palestinians.

I hope that exchange does not reflect any of those undercurrents.[/quote]

Now who is stirring the pot!!![/quote]

It’s absolutely true that there is anti-semitism among SOME on the left.

One example of Women’s March leaders who believe that Jews had some special role in the slave trade: https://www.thedailybeast.com/report-womens-march-leaders-made-anti-semitic-comments-to-fellow-founder

This is something Louis Farrakhan has talked about: https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/individual/louis-farrakhan

All I said in my post is that I hope these tweets aren’t rooted in any agreement with that line of thinking.[/quote]

Let's assume that your comments are true.  That "there is antisemitism among SOME on the left" is not, to my mind, justification for going out of your way to associate this antisemitism COMPLETELY WITHOUT ANY JUSTIFICATION WHATSOEVER with a very specific group: DMVBlacives.

Let me put this another way -- I'm sure that there are some Jews somewhere -- starting with some of the Ultra Orthodox in Crown Heights and my former neighbor who used to follow me in the hallways muttering "Shvartze, Shvartze..." who have racist views and even associate with particular "leaders" or groups that share these views.  Would you feel comfortable with someone saying: "I hope that the DMV area JCC and JCA are not in agreement with the Proud Boys and David Duke?"  It's at best a spurious association.  It's also right out of Trump's: "People are saying...." playbook of using innuendo to get his lies to stick.

tldr: Why are you going out of your way create an unnecessary and unsupported  association between  DMV Black Lives Matter and antisemitism?  Real question.

I hope your comments are not rooted in any hope of stirring up further enmity between local Blacks and Jews.

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They’re not at all meant to be like that. I said I HOPE the tweets don’t come from that place. [/quote]

And I appreciate that point! I really do.  But I hope you can also see, and appreciate, my point: that when you suggest an association, however-- spurious -- sometimes that association will be all that people remember.    I am heartened by your good intentions. [/quote]

I struggle to find any black movement or leader who has not been called anti-Semitic and where Farrakhan, who literally occupies more space in heads of those feigning anti-Semitic outrage than in any actual black person you will meet on the street, has not be used as a weapon against blacks. I am happy the Jewish community is hyper vigilant against even the appearance of anti-Semitisim. They should be. Just don’t use it as an excuse to not fight for equal right for marginalized groups, a classification no longer applicable to American Jews in actuality.[/quote]

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