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Would love to chat in person about this because it is doing my head in and I just can't understand your viewpoint.
As per my prior post "Racism can be nuanced and sometimes only picked up by those it is directed at" is a statement I have trouble with, all for empowering victims but people do take offense where none is given.
Question for you- in what way do you feel threatened, and what recent history are you alluding to?
Lastly please edit my name, we have screen names on here for a reason.
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Surprised to hear that from you Olly. You may not agree with it but I am very far from alone in seeing Corbyn as an anti semite. I know a number of people, (not Jews) who have resigned their membership of the Labour Party after these recent comments on 'Zionists' not understanding English irony have come to light because they feel that he is an anti semite. I also know a large amount of Jews and there is only one (fully paid Corbyn fan) who doesn't think he is an anti semite.
You may not agree (and it baffles me as to why not) with that statement but don't call me a fool for thinking it or seeing it as such. As said earlier in this thread, 'Racism can be nuanced and sometimes only picked up by those it is directed at' and maybe this goes some way to explaining why literally 99% of the UK Jewish community feel threatened by Corbyn's anti semitism, and therefore cannot stop talking about it and arguing about it, because it is racism directly aimed at us, yet his supporters blithely shrug off these views as if they (and therefore, we) are unimportant.
And no @smiff not a troll. This stuff is hugely important to me, though clearly not to most of you lot and I feel its important to challenge these appalling views. It says alot about you that your only explanation is trolling or idiocy. That is one of the sad byproducts of all of this, that many people will not stand by us when we feel threatened and with our recent history, that is of course deeply concerning.