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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Opinions are open to interpretation unless you clarify the basis behind the opinion, you may be misinterpreting a statement.[/quote]

Got it, so I can’t ever assume a statement is antisemitic without interviewing the person who made it and asking if they personally intended for it to be antisemitic. I have news for you, 9/10 antisemites would deny their intent.

If someone said “MLK Jr. = Hitler” I think it would be fair to assume that person is racist. I’m not going to approach that person and be like “oh do you mean because they both have mustaches?” Please.[/quote]
I don’t agree with you. You cannot assume to just know the intent behind a statement/opinion that’s not your own. Quickly calling a person antisemitic based on a statement seems hasty and defeatist. [/quote]

Don’t bother. They’re just a block captain for the “tar everything critical of Israel as anti-semitism” brigade and the “tell others what they REALLY think when the truth hits too close to home” lynch mob.

Unserious people.[/quote]
If I criticize China am I antiAsian? If I criticize Venezuela’s government does that make me anti Hispanic? If I criticize the Catholic Church am I anti Christian?[/quote]

First of all, Hispanics/Catholics haven’t historically been persecuted in the same way as Jews. The context is a little different. Also, literally NO ONE, again NO ONE, is saying any and all criticism of the Israeli government is antisemitic.

I can’t really think of any historical analogues to the  Holocaust for the groups you mentioned. But yeah, if you said the entire country of China should be dismantled because of the Chinese government’s treatment of Uyghurs (setting aside that that’s a very different situation from Israel/Palestine) I would regard you with suspicion.

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