Anatomy of a Moral Panic: The repressive machine currently arrayed against campus protests follows a familiar pattern.

[Jirel]

10. Good article.

When I was a kid and a teen, I grew up in an area with lots of Jewish classmates, but being Jewish was still definitely a minority. I had quite a few Jewish friends, then and now. I’ve seen antisemitism directed at my friends, really ugly, shocking antisemitism that is way too prevalent in this country, and protesting the wholesale murder of Gazans ain’t it. It makes me furious to hear the line that criticism of the Israeli government, calls for divestment, etc. are somehow automatically antisemitic, particularly because this kind of falsehood and manipulation further discredits the very real problem of antisemitism in America. I’ve watched friends experience crap that NO person should have to endure, and this just feels like more abuse and co-opting of the experiences of people who’ve suffered real oppression, to suit the political agenda of a very narrow range of people, many of whom are not Jewish.