@bananarama @FLGLchicago @augieray So, just to be clear: I am not anti-Zionist. I believe in the right of the Jewish people to self-determination, and I believe that they can and should exercise that right in Israel. I believe the people of Israel have a right to live in peace and safety in their home.
@bananarama @FLGLchicago @augieray I wish I could say that I don't have any antisemitic prejudices, but I have as many as anyone raised and educated in the United States on the Western canon, which means probably a lot. I try to proactively correct them myself, and I appreciate getting called out on them.
@bananarama @FLGLchicago @augieray I also think the Netanyahu government, and especially the Kahanist faction -- Smotrich, Ben Gvir, and others -- are conducting an ethnic cleansing in Gaza with the goal of expelling or killing as much of the Palestinian population as possible. I can't find a way to accept that.