Author, tech entrepreneur, and former member of the British Parliament Louise Mensch is worried about the rising tide of antisemitism. That’s why she’s drawing a line in the sand:
Going to clean out my feed for racists. Anybody using the term “Zionist” to me is automatically muted for antisemitism.
— Louise Mensch (@LouiseMensch) August 17, 2014
Such bravery! Such leadership! A true grasp of the complexities inherent in fluid interplay between “Judaism” and “Zionism.” Louise, we need more people out there like you – people who are willing to fight the good fi…er, wait a tick. What’s this?
@LouiseMensch So you’d mute Theodore Herzl? Er, OK.
— sean thomas knox (@thomasknox) August 17, 2014
Oh. Hrm. Well, I guess I hadn’t thought of that.
But, surely Louise Mensch – champion against the scourge of Antisemitism – has a reasonable, and well-articulated answer for her twitter troll. Right?
Right?
@thomasknox who? If he uses Zionist then yes. Cheap code word for Jew. Antisemitism. Not having it
— Louise Mensch (@LouiseMensch) August 17, 2014
With friends like these…
[h/t Peter]
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