From the "It Was Never About Antisemitism" Dept.:
"Conservatives see a chance to remake college campuses"
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/donors-alumni-helped-take-down-an-ivy-league-president-is-this-a-moment-or-a-movement-a7b98273?st=rgkver1zhsguf6a
Let's stop pretending people like Elise Stefanik care anything about antisemitism just because the left has its own problem with antisemitism. Stefanik can wear the ally badge when she demonstrates the moral clarity she demands of others by forcefully and unequivocaly calling out the antisemites in her own party, starting with its leader.
#antisemitism #Jew-hatred
@acarson
Here’s the rub though… we know it’s about dissolving DAI and not really about antisemitism.
At the same time, the left isn’t addressing antisemitism that’s pervasive on these campuses.
So what needs to be our strategy to address the antisemitism?
@serge I don’t have a silver bullet for disappearing antisemitism, but I know that strategy shouldn’t involve helping the Republicans throw everyone but straight white abled males under the bus and establish a Christian theocracy in which Jews will be allowed to live as second-class citizens at best.
@serge To make this more concrete: As a Jew, I can absolutely pretend that people like Stefanik performing their allyship role mean it, and jump on their bandwagon in response. As a woman, the consequences of that will be less rights, as a Jew it will mean less religious freedom, and as a totally blind person it will mean a less and less accessible society. Spoiler alert: It’s already pretty bad. Leftwing antisemitism absolutely sucks, and I don’t think we should let it stand. But I have no intention of biting off my nose to spite my face when the result is all the bad stuff I mentioned plus I still have to deal with antisemitism, just the rightwing variety.
@shekinahcancook @serge That’s assuming you can have children. If not, I’m not sure what happens but I’m sure it’s not going to be good.
@acarson as soon as I heard about the story, I knew what was happening :’(