Post #4233472
2026-07-30 07:43 UTC
Not surprising. I am constantly coming across people who conflate Jews and Israelis.
The fantasy that Labour could be entirely free of the disease of racism is ridiculous. But the expectation that it should be, when other UK parties are rife with it - is to refuse to understand that racism is a disease that no organisation is immune to.
The monumental stupidity of outlawing Palestine Action is self-harming to Labour. But it's a knee jerk reaction to historic accusations of anti-semitism. 3/
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@Remittancegirl@mstdn.social 2026-07-30 07:56
What Labour doesn't understand - because it is quite broadly representative of UK society as a whole - is that outlawing Palestinian Action in response to accusations of anti-semitism is, in itself, anti-semitic. Since it shows an inability to distinguish between legitimate protest against genocidal Israeli policy and anti-semitism. It is still conflating Jews with Israelis. As does most of UK society. This is not why I left the Labour party. I left it because it stopped being left-wing. 4/