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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t think the other kid or his or her parents have to do the emotional labor of explaining anti-Jewish racism to your kid (or you). The other kid is a whole kid who is entitled to their feelings and reactions. They do not need your good opinion to function and I doubt you want or need theirs. Plus, hating on Jews is super hip these days. May actually make DC more friend. I’m sure your kid has also gone up to his or Salvadoran classmates and given them an earful about death squads or his Afghani classmates about gender apartheid and child marriageable. Maybe suggest model UN?[/quote]

News flash: anyone is allowed to focus on personal area(s) of concern without your approval or judgement.

As you adroitly pointed out, each is a whole person and approval or judgement is unwelcome. Now, feel free to STFU with this “unless you are certain you have covered every possible base by criticizing every possible wrong in the world, you must be anti-semitic if you criticize Israel” crusade, which is straight outta Hasbara for Dummies.[/quote]

I mean using bigoted tropes like “hasbara” kind of lets your mask drop a tad, as does your rage…Throwing in the word crusade ups your “onward Christian soldier” vibe for extra credit! News flash - you are free to fixate and foam at the mouth - and we are also free to judge you for it…and if your kid comes at my kid - I’m free to explain to my kid that your kid is a racist who should be avoided. Life is too short. There are too many ignorant people and too many guns in this country, both with children and adults. And I would never tell my child they have to keep secrets from their teachers if another kid is bullying them. I would not confront you personally (see comment about life being too short) but students should always feel empowered to talk to teachers. 
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No objection whatsoever to a child / minor bringing an actual concern to a teacher, even if said concern is rooted in an overreaction or is simply wrong.

What I do object to is an adult indoctrinating their child into a belief system that is wholly incompatible with reasonableness, e.g., that criticisms of Israel, its leadership, the policies and actions of that leadership, and/or its citizens OR anyone else who unconditionally supports that leadership and those policies and actions is engaging in conduct that constitutes anti-semitism.

It isn’t. It never was. And no matter how hard you and radical, extremist Zionists like Greenblatt aim to lower the standard, it will never fly.[/quote]

Again, you are free to indoctrinate your children in your skinheadery where you use "Zionist" as a slur like David Duke, and we are entitled to call you out for your racism and hate---and tell our children to protect themselves from you and your children. It is not reasonable for you to expect us to suck it up and ignore you if our kids are involved. Most Jews do not unconditionally support political leadership in every country, even in Israel, Bibi is loathed. But your issue is not with Bibi or right-wing politics - your issue is with the centrality of Israel in Jewish existence ---even for those who exist in opposition to its current leadership. And  that is not a standard you are applying to your Italian coworkers whose homeland has a fascist right-wing government, or your Indian coworkers whose government has a right-wing government, or any other country. And yes, Jews are free to call you out for your poor behavior. Period. [/quote]

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