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Post by Power Ranger on Feb 20, 2024 17:03:56 GMT
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tommcclarey
Nick Nack
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Post by tommcclarey on Feb 20, 2024 17:11:23 GMT
"There’s no antisemitism in UK"
Who said that? There's loads of anti-semitism in the UK.
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Post by Carl LaFong on Feb 20, 2024 18:42:26 GMT
"There’s no antisemitism in UK" Who said that? There's loads of anti-semitism in the UK. He did. Set up a straw man.
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Post by tickingmask on Feb 20, 2024 19:31:44 GMT
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_manAntisemitism is a deeply worrying phenomonon in many countries in the world including the UK, where it has been getting worse. Nobody sane is trying to deny that it is happening here.
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Post by tickingmask on Feb 20, 2024 19:36:15 GMT
Opinion piece in The Telegraph today:
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Post by Carl LaFong on Feb 20, 2024 19:40:03 GMT
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_manAntisemitism is a deeply worrying phenomonon in many countries in the world including the UK, where it has been getting worse. Nobody sane is trying to deny that it is happening here. His claim that “There’s no antisemitism in UK” (or that anyone is claiming that) is a fall supposition. That’s what I should have written.
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Post by Nogbad on Feb 20, 2024 19:44:10 GMT
Strawman from strawman.
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Feb 20, 2024 20:44:37 GMT
I don't see it as a strawman, I see it as a sarcastic countering of the all-too-common argument that all those people railing against Israel are just concerned about the well-being of poor Palestinians, with no antisemitism involved. Which I am sure is true for some of them, but certainly not all, or even a majority.
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Feb 20, 2024 20:46:21 GMT
Opinion piece in The Telegraph today: Good one. Hard to argue with any of it. I will add Sudan to it, where Muslim Arabs are killing black Africans on an industrial scale without Muslim Arabs in the West raising any objection.
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Post by Stammerhead on Feb 20, 2024 23:06:36 GMT
And how are things in Australia?
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Post by mowlick on Feb 20, 2024 23:30:11 GMT
I don't see it as a strawman, I see it as a sarcastic countering of the all-too-common argument that all those people railing against Israel are just concerned about the well-being of poor Palestinians, with no antisemitism involved. Which I am sure is true for some of them, but certainly not all, or even a majority.
And none of those who attended the numerous pro Israeli marches in London harboured any anti Palestinian sentiment.
Glad to have had that cleared up
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Post by Lux on Feb 20, 2024 23:33:55 GMT
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Post by Stammerhead on Feb 22, 2024 8:21:28 GMT
Staff at a private company working with the Home Office have been suspended after a birth certificate was returned with the word "Israel" scribbled out. The baby's birth certificate was sent off as part of a passport application. The Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA) posted an image of the certificate, which was also torn, and said the family were "very concerned". Home Secretary James Cleverley confirmed the suspensions on X but the number of staff is not clear. The Home Office launched an urgent review of the claims on Tuesday. The CAA said the certificate was sent off two weeks ago and was returned on Monday with the father's place of birth crossed out. The mother's place of birth, which is also Israel, is untouched. Mr Cleverly said on X: "We apologise to the family for the offence caused and I have ordered an urgent review of a birth certificate being defaced. "While we establish the facts, our commercial partner has suspended some staff. "This matter is totally unacceptable. We will not tolerate antisemitism." The CAA said the "completely unacceptable" incident had left the child's parents "very concerned". A spokesperson for the charity added: "When sending off a passport application to the Home Office, the last thing one should ever expect is to to have their child's birth certificate returned torn, with the parent's place of birth scribbled out, just because it is the Jewish state. "We are assisting the parents, who are understandably very concerned about this incident." Home Secretary James Cleverly replied to the post on X (formerly Twitter) saying he had asked officials to "investigate this urgently" and see that "appropriate action is taken". www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-68367366
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Post by PaulsLaugh on Feb 22, 2024 18:12:41 GMT
Of course not.
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