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In reply to the discussion: Are protesters using the term Zionist in place of Jew in an effort not to sound anti-semitic? [View all]LeftInTX
(25,664 posts)22. I felt the guy that got banned from Columbia was using it in place of "white people".
However, when white people use it, they are referring to Israel, the media, corporate elites and Jews.
The word Zion is interesting: It rhymes with "lion" (which means strength), but with the Z it sounds even more powerful. Therefore it can be used as a slur against people that are perceived to be powerful. Instead of "those white people are ruining everything", maybe "those Zionists are ruining everything" just sounds flashier?
And in this context, it is also combined with a slur another groups of powerful people: cops
https://www.jns.org/activists-call-jews-zionist-pigs-at-berkeley-council-meeting/
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ripcord
Apr 26
OP
Schwalb is right, the creepy "chanting like automatons" at a few other students to repel them is freaky.
betsuni
Apr 27
#17
So you are assuming that she was lying when she said that the only ID was a Magen David?
Mossfern
Apr 27
#25
If you believe Israel has a right to exist, I hate to break it you, you're a Zionist.
tritsofme
Apr 27
#18
Or they just wander around like they have the fucking moral goddamn high ground telling people how "wrong" they are.
SoFlaBro
Apr 27
#39
Nope, let me clarify. What I said is 100% correct. If you think Israel has a right to exist, you are a Zionist. Period.
tritsofme
Apr 27
#46
I felt the guy that got banned from Columbia was using it in place of "white people".
LeftInTX
Apr 27
#22
Atlantic article, group LionLez: "White Jewish people are today and always have been oppressors of all brown people."
betsuni
Apr 27
#24
And you broad brush paint all antizionists as antisemites. Now then: are antizionist Jews antisemetic? ...
marble falls
Apr 27
#30