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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s a non-issue. Most BLM activists reject the antisemitism. This is the major statement from a leader in the Ferguson protests: https://www.stltoday.com/opinion/mailbag/churches-reject-black-lives-matters-platform-on-israel/article_42a99819-8231-572f-83d1-82d7a753a8f8.html
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It’s FAR from a non-issue.

I’ve had black people tell me to my face that Jews played a large role in the slave trade, which is something Louis Farrakhan has long claimed. [/quote]

Some people repeat Farrakhan stuff, sure. But Bishop Wooton and the Ecumenical Council (did you read the statement?) speak for the majority. For most everyone BLM means just that, BLM. Not on board with people trying to hijack BLM for any other agenda.[/quote]

I did read the statement. He’s calling out BLM. I haven’t seen anything from BLM itself, unless you can show me proof that Bishop Wootton and the Ecumenical Council’s statement was explicitly endorsed by BLM.

Can you show me that? [/quote]

The M4BL and other “statements” are written by a small handful of left-wing activists. For 99% of people out there, BLM is about just that. Wooten’s statement reflects that. Most Jewish groups recognize that that, too. The biggest Jewish denomination in America, Reform, just out out a statement affirming BLM.  They clearly aren’t supporting antisemitism, and they are pro-Israel too. The whole “antisemitism”  thing is a big distraction from the central message of BLM. Jews should stop trying to paint BLM with the far-left/Farrakhan views that most supports don’t share.[/quote]

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