• OBJECTION!@lemmy.ml
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    5 months ago

    Lmao is that context supposed to change the meaning of the quote somehow? How?

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      5 months ago

      Yes? That Biden is condemning, specifically, protests that are antisemitic, as that is specifically how the question is phrased, not all campus protests.

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          5 months ago
          1. There have definitely been antisemitic incidents, and pretending otherwise is tribalist hagiography.

          2. If Biden said “No, I am not going to condemn antisemitic protests” to a fucking journo, what the fuck do you think the result would be? “I condemn antisemitic protests and I condemn those who don’t understand the Palestinian plight” is about as reasonable an off-the-cuff answer as he could be expected to give.

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            5 months ago

            He should have said “What antisemitic protests? The protests are overwhelmingly peaceful and many Jews have been participating. I won’t listen to you mischaracterize an entire movement.”

            But he basically spread the lie that antisemitic protests are a problem, when you know it’s not. Antisemitic “incidents”, as you say, occur regularly in our country regardless of the protests.