2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: I am getting a bit tired of constant victim status for Hillary [View all]BainsBane
(53,029 posts)for raising the discussion of Bernie's positions on the MIddle East. I learned from you that should Bernie become president, we would not be able to criticize or discuss US policy toward Israel and Palestine for the entirety of his presidency without being anti-semitic.
The fact is sexism exists, and you invoke your own position as a woman when you see an advantage in doing so. Sexism and racism are integral to the structure of American society. They are forms of power far more enduring and pernicious that any temporal political power.
Anti-semitism is indeed a problem in the world, a very serious one, but you have used it to intimidate people into NOT discussing foreign policy. By your definition, a good section of Israelis are themselves antisemitic since they do not support Likud or the pro-Likud policy of the US government.