Originally Posted by
Dan Druff
A way to tell the difference between antisemitism and well-intentioned criticism of Israel is to see how that same person treats Hamas and other Israel enemies.
If the line is, "Hamas is a terrorist organization, and the 10/7 attacks were a disgusting and cruel undertaking. Hamas is awful and needs to be removed from power. At the same time, I have a lot of criticism for the Israeli government, and how they've been handling Gaza for decades. That discussion needs to take place, as well."
I would respect such a person, and not just knee-jerk call them an anti-Semite.
However, that is rarely what we get. Instead, there is no criticism levied against Hamas or Hezbollah, and instead every nasty word is reserved for Israel. That's why that hypocritical clown Justin Bonomo became so widely hated in poker. Bonomo the supposed pacifist had no problem with 1200 civilians being murdered in cold blood. Bonomo the supposed feminist ("believe all women") tried to deny that rapes against Israeli women occurred, parroting Hamas propaganda. He actually defended Hamas' 10/7 attacks, stating that this was their best choice to get the world's attention. According to him, Hamas did absolutely no wrong. yet Israel was evil and needs to be punished. It blew his whole longtime phony "peace and love" routine completely out of the water.
That's why I don't want to hear nonsense from these people about "caring about human life" and "protecting the innocent".
Show some outrage about 10/7, then I'll believe you care about innocent human life. Otherwise shut the fuck up and just admit you hate Jews.