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  A tolerant society is intolerant of intolerance.
  -- Karl Popper(paraphrased)
context: “We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Sometimes we must interfere. When human lives are endangered, when human dignity is in jeopardy, national borders and sensitivities become irrelevant. Wherever men and women are persecuted because of their race, religion, or political views, that place must - at that moment - become the center of the universe.”  
  ― Elie Wiesel >
  
  This also overlaps heavily with the paradox of tolerance phenomenon. >
  
  “And I'll close by saying this. Because anti-Semitism is the godfather of racism and the gateway to tyranny and fascism and war, it is to be regarded not as the enemy of the Jewish people, I learned, but as the common enemy of humanity and of civilisation, and has to be fought against very tenaciously for that reason..." 
  
  Christopher Hitchens >
  
  Christopher Hitchens is not the best example of goodness >
  
  Are you therefore defending anti-semetism because the quote is definitely about the evils of anti-semetism. >
  
  Why are you accusing multiple people of being anti-Semitic over your very poor choice of people to quote? >
  
  Hitchens was not a stupid man. He may be other things you disagree with, but this isn’t the hill to die on for that. >
  
  Everyone should understand the thought processes around the tolerance paradox. >
  
  Silence is complicity on a lot of things. Republicans are masters of silence. >
  
  They're super loud on shit that doesnt exist like jewish space lazers and canceling doctor suess >
  
  Can I tell you how pissed I was when my space laser didn't arrive? I did all of the paperwork, sent a photo of my circumcised knob and everything - but no space laser. 
  I am starting to think MTG was lying. >
  
  Woah woah woah, Biden. Be careful, you could lose some loya- oh wait. 
  That's right. 
  You aren't a white supremacist Nazi apologist piece of shit. 
  Keep up the good message then, buddy. Glad to hear someone take the disappointingly bold stance of openly detesting anti-Semitism. >
  
  Silence is complicity on human trafficking also Biden. Arrest Abbott and DeSantis. >
  
  Yet Ilhan Omar - a sitting Democratic member of congress is openly anti-Semitic >
  
  You mean she criticizes Israeli government policies? >
  
  Which, as you point out, might be anti zionism but is NOT anti semitism >
  
  It's also common fucking decency once you see the videos of Israeli military attacking literal children. Or at least it should be. >
  
  WTF. He didn’t even call American Jews “disloyal”!! >
  
  Probably because Jews are the most solidly blue voting block in the nation after Black women.... so they're actually very loyal to Democrats. >
  
  Or Jews that live in America are American citizens, regardless of party. >
  
  Silence on every injustice is complicity. >
  
  Band of Brothers episode 9, “Why We Fight”. >
  
  That why we really need history....see Republicans....education good, control bad. >
  
  Agreed >
  
  Not really a Biden fan, but he won me over with this. >
  
  As a Biden fan, he rarely does or say things I don't agree with. >
  
  Ugh he's an Eagles fan, totally disagree with that. >
  
  Can't we get through one holiday without you starting a fight? >
  
  Silence on any hatred is complicity. Racism, sexism, xenophobia, homophobia, transphobia, doesn't matter what. It shouldn't be something noteworthy to call out bigotry in any and every form. >
  
  That's true, but we also shouldn't let this get in the way of legitimate discourse about Israel's policies. >
  
  This is frustrating. Israel hasn't been mentioned anywhere in the article. Antisemitism is a real problem, and I know this isn't what you're doing, but it feels like anytime people mention the real fear the Jews face someone brings up Israel. >
  
  That's a good point. Antisemitism can sneak into even the discourse around antisemitism - it's super insidious that way. A good rule of thumb I learned about was: "if I am only applying a unique standard to the Jewish people, and not to any other group of people, that may be antisemitic."
  Here's an example I just thought of. Suppose everytime there was a hate crime reported against Chinese American folks, someone brought up "the Chinese Communist Party is being untruthful about the origins of the coronavirus". Would that be considered discriminatory against Chinese Americans? I think the answer is yes, and if it is, then so is "but Israel is oppressively occupying the West Bank" against Jewish Americans everytime an antisemitic hate crime happens in the U.S.
  Anyway, I'm not sure if the two cases match exactly, but I think it's worth thinking about. >
  
  Hear hear! >
  
  Silence on fascism is complicity 🙁 >
  
  I don't agree with that >
  
  No it's not, silence on anything is never complicity, that's just a fascist way to make innocents your enemies. >
  
  Being neutral on an issue will only benefit the aggressor never the victim >
  
  Silence on US-backed Israeli apartheid is also complicity and he certainly never says anything about that. >
  
  News article about anti-Asian racism rising in America
  Racists: bUt ChInA lIeD aBoUt ThE oRiGiNs Of CoViD.
  This is an article about American Jews, who have absolutely nothing to do with the policies of a foreign nation. Trying to turn an article about how American Jews are victimized into a conversation about how some Jews in a foreign country are aggressors is antisemitism.