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Hard to describe without a massive essay, so I'll take the easy route: Because by making a sacrifice* and attending a 'mainstream' event he will have been seen to not be dicking about and there will have been no story.
* I can't attend this event run by these cool guys because context grumble grumble.
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Someone would've made a story.
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Not meaning to sidetrack, but upthread a few people have said that anti-semitism is also present on the political right. Whilst I'm aware of other incidents of racism / dog whistle politics (Zac's campaign, May's "go back immigrants" vans) I'm not aware of any specific incidences of anti-Semitism on the right. Have been discussing with a (quite right wing) colleague and some concrete examples would be good context, because at the moment it does seem like a problem of the left specifically... Any examples would be welcome
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Stoking Jewish/Muslim divisions for political gains?
Farage believes in global Jewish conspiracy?
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/us-jewish-lobby-nigel-farage-power-anti-semitism-ukip-leader-a8031191.htmlBit old, but who anti-semites vote for:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/11345858/Revealed-the-most-anti-Semitic-people-in-Britain-and-who-they-vote-for.html
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It is absurd.
Labour needs to be explicit and concrete in its response to antisemitism claims. This is how they should be judged.
At the same time, those making the claims/demands should not politicize their actions (which the initial demonstration explicitly did - as is in, was explicit that it was not affiliated politically to any parties or states), and not politicize their responses to acts by JC/Labour.
JC is a left-wing activist who went to an event organized by left-wing activists. JC claims he is not an anti-Semite and spent a number of hours hanging out with Jews. You may dislike the politics, but this story is not relevant to Labour antisemitism unless you are making unstated assumptions about what it is to be left-wing and/or what it is to be Jewish.
Imho.
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Ta. I can foresee already that the argument will be (a) these aren't all Tories but most are ukip / leave.eu; and (b) where they are Tories they got kicked out (and hence this is the difference). But useful to see.
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I gotta say, this becomes more exhausting and more impenetrable every day that goes on, its almost like a Frummer Seder night.....
My original reaction was that this Jewdas stuff is ridiculous but then I find out that jewdas have been pushing the idea of the antisemitism claims as a smear on Labour.... I know people in Jewdas and like them alot but...I can also see the point of view of Jonathan Arkush, as much as I dislike him individually.
The below take from Adam Wagner is probably the best view on it that Ive seen so far:
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More general list of shithouse behaviour, but includes a bit of nazi fancy dress towards the beginning. Didn't spot Rees-Mogg's racist dinner party on there though.
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Frankly, it's all very suspicious. In one version of the story, Corbyn brought beetroot, in another horseradish from his allotment. And was it even from his allotment? We deserve to know the truth.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/apr/03/jeremy-corbyn-passover-jewdas-good-news
https://labourlist.org/2018/04/why-im-glad-corbyn-came-to-the-jewdas-seder/
Now that Malcolm Rifkind has, sharp-mindedly as usual, established beyond any doubt from what Corbyn has said that he is 'on the same side, essentially, as the Russians', the possibility that Corbyn may grow either of these Eastern European vegetables on his allotment takes on added resonance. Is he trying to turn the soil of Britain into an outpost of the Putin Empire?
It all makes me quite sad and I need a happy song to restore my hope in humanity.
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More seriously, I thought this was quite a good letters page:
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/mar/30/labour-antisemitism-and-criticism-of-israel
I also liked this article:
Sorry if either has been posted before. I couldn't keep up with this thread.
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An interesting point of view
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Oh my darling buds of May, here's someone who needs a bit of thinking training. Inferring from false premises via a series of fallacies does not a conclusion make. tl;dr: He is entirely wrong.
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Just to be clear I think this is BS, but you asked the question.
Rather than choosing a mainstream organization, like one of the ones that lead the protest, he's chosen a controversial one. More over it's a group that has been both critical of the antisemitism story and of Israel.
So on balance it looks a bit like he's sticking two fingers up at the people who've spearheaded this issue.