Israel/Palestine
In reply to the discussion: Yes, anti-Zionism is anti-Semitism [View all]delrem
(9,688 posts)"Just about every leading anti-zionist organization and every leading anti-zionist leader can be proven to be an anti-semite. There are numerous examples in this thread alone.
Need more evidence? "
You haven't given any evidence yet. You might think you have, but you haven't.
"Anti-semites should not expect others to take them seriously when criticizing Jews."
True. This is true by the very definition of what it is to be a prejudiced anti-semite.
"All anti-zionist criticism (demonization) is nothing but a delegitimization tactic. It's not to help Israel improve and become more liberal. The goal is to destroy Israel. These vile, ugly people are no better than extremists who hate Arabs and want Arab regimes obliterated or nuked."
A truth, but then a non sequitur. It doesn't follow.
You haven't shown that all anti-zionist criticism is mere "demonization", whatever that might mean. In fact you haven't addressed any such criticism at all.
You haven't shown how zionism might be "legitimate", so haven't explained what "a delegitimization tactic" might mean. You haven't explained what you mean by "more liberal".
You conclude this stream of consciousness with "These vile, ugly people are no better than extremists", but you haven't shown any actual *reasoning*. You haven't even tried.
What I understand from this is that you very much care for Israel, you see much good in Israel that's worth preserving, worth fighting for. Perhaps Israel is the culmination of the greatest good in the world, for you. But I don't see a rational understanding.