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Israel-Gaza Megathread #2
This is a refreshed megathread for any posts on the conflict between (so far, and so far as I know) Hamas and the Israeli government, as well as related geopolitics. Culture War thread rules apply.
How have the ADL been faring lately - right now they have enormous quantities of pure bio organic grass fed antisemithism to work with that is flooding the internet and the media, so in theory they should be all over the place and yet it seems that they are not - at least in my bubble?
Is it just a fluke - but no matter if I read old media, new media or twitter there is barely mention of the ADL.
And yet it seems to not be too active on pro palestine rallies in the west, harvard and other universities students and students group that support palestine and so on. Or even twitter and facebook where the real antisemitism has gone up thousandfold in the last week.
My google news search for adl showed quite slim pickings from top news organizations compared to the expected. Also you both linked stuff from 5 days and 7 days ago which could be interpreted as bare minimum.
There is informaton and pr war going on and the ADL looks like not pulling their weight.
I don’t think we can know whether they are active regarding the Harvard debacle. If they have learned anything at all in recent years it’s that their more controversial actions should be concealed and not publicized. Did they have a role to play in getting Wall Street Jews like Ackman to speak out and threaten their job security? Were they responsible for the doxxing-mobiles we saw? Are they phoning faculty and directors? This is not information we will ever be privy to.
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How have the ADL been faring lately - right now they have enormous quantities of pure bio organic grass fed antisemithism to work with that is flooding the internet and the media, so in theory they should be all over the place and yet it seems that they are not - at least in my bubble?
Is it just a fluke - but no matter if I read old media, new media or twitter there is barely mention of the ADL.
Telling corporations they need to respond harder to antisemitism in light of the recent Israeli / Palestinian escalation, like they did during BLM, encouraging their CEO's to sign workplace pledges against antisemitism. Telling the media - on air - to refer to Hamas as terrorists or barbarians, not fighters or militants.
And yet it seems to not be too active on pro palestine rallies in the west, harvard and other universities students and students group that support palestine and so on. Or even twitter and facebook where the real antisemitism has gone up thousandfold in the last week.
My google news search for adl showed quite slim pickings from top news organizations compared to the expected. Also you both linked stuff from 5 days and 7 days ago which could be interpreted as bare minimum.
There is informaton and pr war going on and the ADL looks like not pulling their weight.
I don’t think we can know whether they are active regarding the Harvard debacle. If they have learned anything at all in recent years it’s that their more controversial actions should be concealed and not publicized. Did they have a role to play in getting Wall Street Jews like Ackman to speak out and threaten their job security? Were they responsible for the doxxing-mobiles we saw? Are they phoning faculty and directors? This is not information we will ever be privy to.
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