Yes, there's communal trauma and hypervigilance.

Yes, there's disingenuous right-wing ghouls dismissing and censoring all criticism of Israel

and the pretext of, quote, fighting anti-Semitism.

But there's also a valid fear of historical anti-Semitism patterns recurring.

And that fear gives power to the right- wing Zionist claim that only Israel can keep

Jews safe. So let's, so let's, so let's, so let's count out of that that fear. Right. So let's let's

give it more power. Let's yeah, yeah, let's reinforce that fear from all sides. Let's all of us

together decide that yes, the people who are doing the genocide are the ones who are allowed to set the parameters of the debate and set the parameters of language.

And they're allowed to basically be the arbiters of what you can and cannot say because of this.

That's a smart idea.

Truly, and brave, very brave.

And stunning.

Does this mean Israel should not be criticized and sanction?

Absolutely not.

But it's something I don't want to risk.

We need that butt on the soundboard.

Yeah, yeah. But it's something I don't want to risk... We need that butt on the soundboard. Yeah, yeah.

But!

It's something I don't want to risk contributing to, if not outweighed by tangible benefits.

Okay, if you don't find the benefits tangible, then you need to do a better job tanging.

Yeah, yeah.

Tange better.

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