You are not getting it. Are people willfully missing the point?
Here’s an example that maybe you can understand:
Imagine that someone says, “Clarence Thomas is the worst member of the Supreme Court.” That’s a legitimate opinion or criticism.
But then the other part of what the person says is, “Typical low IQ.” Now that’s racist, right? Because the trope that black people have low IQs has been used to deprive them of their rights, and sometimes even their lives. It’s racist.
Saying that Netanyahu or AIPAC are bad or wrong is a legitimate criticism. Following it with the suggestion that Jewish money controls the government or that Jews loyalty to America should be questioned is anti-Semitic. Those exact same memes (financial control, and disloyalty) were used to deprive millions of people of their jobs, homes, and possessions and their exportation to death camps.
You can say the first things in both these cases. But you say the second thing, and you are wrong. The second things were said, and they were wrong. Accept it, and do not confuse legitimate criticism with hurtful statements again.
Class dismissed.
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