I HATE that some people think Israel justifies Antisemitism
So I am largely against israel. But recently online, I keep seeing people explicitly or subtly say that the rise in Antisemitism is ok because of israel. This is awful.
The comments on this post kept saying "there must be a reason", basically trying to ignore/justify it and say Jews deserve it because of israel.
Like imagine if you were venting about racism you experienced then someone told you "maybe you should consider that other people of your race did something bad, and that caused the racism." It just doesn't sit right with me.
Edit: some people are saying these comments aren't justifyng it, just explaining it, but I don't think that's true. It's the context. Oop posted about how they're angry that Antisemitism is rising, and the commenters first thought is to bring up how Israel is doing all these bad things. It feels like it's in malicious intent.
This post wasn't asking what the cause was. Oop said they hate that there's so much Antisemitism, and commenters responded about how Israel causes it. This shouldn't be relevant, it just feels like justification. Like when someone is venting about Antisemitism, if you immediately bring up Israels actions being bad, it feels like you're brushing off the Antisemitism.
Like to have a less politically charged example, since israel/Palestine is a very hot topic right now: imagine if around 9/11 times a Muslim person said they hate all the islamophobia happening, and the top comments were all like "why do you think this is happening? there surely must be a reason for this...". that would seem very islamophobic to me, it's like a dog whistle.