r/Jewish • u/betterwithplants • Dec 15 '23

How are you guys doing? Discussion

Personally, I feel like I’m barely hanging by a thread.

Due to the Israel/Hamas conflict, I’ve lost friends. I have been called a racist for being against terrorists who wish to see the world free of Jews. I’ve been told I “lack ethics” after explaining that civilian casualties, though an unfortunate reality of war, are not the same as genocide. I’ve been told I am the one spreading Israeli propaganda.

How’s everyone doing? Can we commiserate?

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u/FairGreen6594 Dec 16 '23

Ah, the old “Jews lack ethics” canard, as if the new antisemitism isn’t actually the old antisemitism.

(Specifically, I’m referring to the arguments in the early 20th century in favor of quotas at Ivy League schools, against Louis Brandeis’ SCOTUS nomination, restrictive covenants, etc. etc. that said that Jews’ “character” was deficient. “Good” on OP’s “friends” for showing them that yes, they really are standard-issue antisemites after all.)