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Eko

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1. That is efffed up.

Reply to lapucelle (Original post)

Mon May 27, 2024, 08:47 PM

May 2024

While I may not agree with what Israel is doing in Gaza I would never boycott anything just because it is Jewish. Now if the author said something like "Death to all Palestinians!" then sure, don't read their book if you don't want to but otherwise it is just racism.

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A Chill Has Fallen Over Jews in Publishing [View all] lapucelle May 2024 OP

That is efffed up. Eko May 2024 #1

Yes - boycotting an author because they said good things about Israel is just McCarthyism DBoon May 2024 #2

But it's not antisemitism... Richard D May 2024 #3

The attack on Israel and Israel's response has/is being used to whip up antisemitism and it gets worse each day. ShazamIam May 2024 #4

And the anti-Semitism is becoming increasingly normalized. lapucelle May 2024 #5