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Norm Finkelstein argues back that anti-Semitism is defined as an “irrational” hatred of Jews, but that the resentment is rational.
Hasan argues that no people are monolithic, and the scapegoating of Jews is a common tactic. That people understand that when Tucker Carlson says America has “demographic concerns”, that is white supremacy.
He says that if Jews were monolithic there would not be such a generational divide on Zionism and billions spent to maintain its indoctrination.
Finkelstein says he would not tell someone who has experienced the Holocaust that they should not hate Germans. And that he would not argue with a Palestinian who feels the same way about Jews.
Norm cites that 95% of Israeli citizens agree with the force used against Gaza, and that its citizen army that represents its population carried out mass starvation as a method of war.
Hasan Piker says he agrees with the facts, but he has a more optimistic perspective in terms of changing people’s minds on conflating Judaism with Zionism.
No. I get your point, but that’s a trauma response, right? It’s not necessarily going to be rational, and we shouldn’t expect it to be. You can’t “correct” someone’s response to trauma.
And I think that goes back to Hasan’s point that Israel trying to tie Jewishness to Israel (or support for Israel) makes that response more likely, and Israel doing it is worthy of condemnation because of the blowback that will be felt by anti-Zionist Jews.