The word “antisemitism” is starting to lose meaning. I hope it doesn’t swing the other way where actual antisemitism gets tossed out with the bathwater, but we’re hitting a point of absurdity with the argument that being pro-human rights for Palestinians or critical of Israel is evidence of antisemitism. It’ll be interesting to see what happens between now and the election. The establishment is going to spend a lot of money trying to paint Mamdani as a radical jihadist. Whether it works or not, it’s going to contribute to the erosion of the impact of baseless antisemitism accusations. He’s going to be campaigning on transit and cost of living, and if the response to that is “he wants to kill all the Jews!!” then there’s a good chance he’s going to look like the more reasonable party.
The word “antisemitism” is starting to lose meaning. I hope it doesn’t swing the other way where actual antisemitism gets tossed out with the bathwater, but we’re hitting a point of absurdity with the argument that being pro-human rights for Palestinians or critical of Israel is evidence of antisemitism. It’ll be interesting to see what happens between now and the election. The establishment is going to spend a lot of money trying to paint Mamdani as a radical jihadist. Whether it works or not, it’s going to contribute to the erosion of the impact of baseless antisemitism accusations. He’s going to be campaigning on transit and cost of living, and if the response to that is “he wants to kill all the Jews!!” then there’s a good chance he’s going to look like the more reasonable party.
This “swing” has already happened with Zionist attacks and erasure on Jewish people support of Palestine etc
Israeli government and the IDF are two of the most anti semitic organizations in the world currently.