Sorry to do a quote post but this is literally an example of what I am talking about. Jonathan Greenblatt is not king of the Jews FFS. bsky.app/profile/hikm...
I wonder where that cynicism comes from. Perhaps you should ask Jonathan Greenblatt. jewishcurrents.org/adl-staffers...
A special meeting called to answer internal critics shows that the ADL’s vocal opposition to the anti-Zionist left is controversial even within the…
He doesn't. Nor does the ADL. You are right. It must be my fault that the BBC cites the ADL for their statements on antisemitism. I am solely responsible for the BBC citing ADL as a resource. And their claim that criticism of Israel is antisemitic. Mea maxima culpa. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Guys people threw *pennies* at my sister when she was a kid. I've literally seen leftists on this site say shit like "Ashkenazi Jews are obsessed with racial purity" (lol what as an Ashkenazi mutt). The refusal to give me agency to identify my own experiences is fucked up.
Right, it's completely illegible to say that Greenblatt alone doesn't get to define antisemitism (he doesn't) and then let his definition guide your engagement with claims of anti-semitism.
You're right 💯, but right wing jizzstains who pretend every critique of Bibi is "antisemitism" have definitely made this conversation MUCH harder and drained a lot of meaning from the term.