Yes, anti-Zionism is anti-Semitism

[Scootaloo]

280. I just go by what the loudest "Pro-Israeli" people keep telling me

You call it "Jewish chauvinism," but I keep getting told it's "zionism." That my opposition to the continued brutalizations, disenfranchisements, and indignities heaped on the Palestinians means I want to see Israel destroyed, which makes me an antizionist, which apparently makes me antisemitic...

In effect I'm told I hate Jews because I don't hate Arabs enough.

And that keeps getting labeled with the tag "zionism" by your fellows around here. By the nation you claim to support - it's the one yelling "Zionism!" while slicing up the West Bank and bombing journalists in Gaza.

You can argue that "it's not Zionism," and maybe you have a point; it's not the same as the Zionism that was conceived in the 19th century, for sure. But then, what Mao and Stalin practiced wasn't exactly "communism," either, but their efforts have handily changed the expectations and perceptions of the term. Again, I'm not sure you understand how political movements work. They're not frozen in stone. They change and grow and develop and alter, along with the people who believe in them, the situations they're placed in, and whatever new ideas are brought in.

As practiced today, as endorsed by all these "zionists" running around... Zionism is a brutal anti-Arab political philosophy. You don't have to like it, but don't snivel at me about what other people have done to the philosophy.