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If you can't see the irony in you over-inflating something in a conversation about 'scale', I don't know what to do.
No one is minimising racism, they're pointing out it's not as extensive as has been portrayed while still saying it's a terrible thing. There's a big fucking difference and if you don't understand that, this is pointless.
There is clear evidence of Islamophobia and anti-black racism in the Labour Party under Keir Starmer. He has allowed it because those perpetrating it are on his side. Is the fact that's been pretty much brushed under the carpet by the NEC and Labour leadership (and most of the media) minimising it in your book? Or do you think I'm overstating the extent of it for political reasons?
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Denial of racism takes many forms, including minimisation. Imo that's especially insidious because it effectively says Jewish people can't be trusted to accurately report the discrimination they face. Imagine saying that about any other racial or religious group?
And it's clearly a political position. If the EHRC ever pulled out their finger and issued a judgement against the Tories for their obvious racism, and on that same day Rishi Sunak said something as stupid as 'one abused MP is too many but the scale of the problem was dramatically overstated for political reasons' you'd have absolutely no problem recognising the issue. It's only Corbyn, and it's only Jews, where that principle doesn't apply.