2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: The Racist Meme: The South Doesn't Count [View all]Violet_Crumble
(35,961 posts)Down in the old blood and guts I/P forum at DU2 I put myself out there defending a DUer who made an antisemitic comment believing they weren't an antisemite and what they'd said had come out of clumsiness when discussing a sensitive issue. Massive egg on face moment when they not only doubled down with their apology but floated round a few related forums blaming Jews for everything. I swore to myself then that I wouldn't make that mistake again.
Not being American I don't give a shit who supports Bernie or Hillary. But I'm seeing a lot of partisanship from some on both teams when it comes to what bravenak posted. I think this all sucks coz I've always liked bravenak and rather than thinking she's an antisemite and hates Jews I suspect it was a case of anger bringing out some really undesirable attitudes towards another minority group in order to defend her own. I doubt very much she believes any of those antisemitic tropes that pop up even at DU at times. But what she said was unjustifiable and I think she did point that out. I think it's a shame that rather than explaining to people why she said what she did (other than she was angry) and being sincerely sorry she immediately went on the offensive and tried to divert attention away by portraying herself as a victim. So I'm sort of torn. I liked bravenak, but jeez she's making it hard. In a nutshell I think what she said was blatantly antisemitic but I don't think she's an antisemite.
Hope that makes sense coz I was waffling a bit there
on edit: Having reread this I'm pretty sure I might be putting myself at risk of making that same mistake again and I'm not going to do that, so yeah. It's sad, imo