The Israeli regime's warplanes fired a number of missiles towards targets in the outskirts of the Syrian capital Damascus, some of which were intercepted and destroyed by the Syrian armed forces' air defense.
They said the country of Isreal, not Jewish people. This only makes sense if you automatically equate the two. I understand the discomfort of proximity there, but you’re mischaracterizing what the other person said.
I am not saying the person is anti-Semitic, I’m saying it’s a dog whistle and I am criticizing their use of it. There is no mischaracterization going on here.
I had falsely believed that calling Jews “dogs” was a long anti-Semitic tradition. I did more research and discovered that actually historically they were called rats and lice and very few examples exist of anti-semitics tropes comparing Jews and dogs.
The most salient example of that was an American trend to hang a sign on your shop that said “No Jews or dogs allowed”, but that doesn’t meet the standard of what I had believed.
They said the country of Isreal, not Jewish people. This only makes sense if you automatically equate the two. I understand the discomfort of proximity there, but you’re mischaracterizing what the other person said.
I am not saying the person is anti-Semitic, I’m saying it’s a dog whistle and I am criticizing their use of it. There is no mischaracterization going on here.
My “There is no micharacterization going on here” shirt is raising a lot of questions etc etc
It turns out I was expressing a false belief.
I had falsely believed that calling Jews “dogs” was a long anti-Semitic tradition. I did more research and discovered that actually historically they were called rats and lice and very few examples exist of anti-semitics tropes comparing Jews and dogs.
The most salient example of that was an American trend to hang a sign on your shop that said “No Jews or dogs allowed”, but that doesn’t meet the standard of what I had believed.