I remember some self-righteous loudmouth going door to door in my neighborhood, some years back, collecting signatures for an initiative petition to divest from Israel. I told him to call me back when Hamas disarms, and he got all huffy– made remarks that struck me as a gnat’s whisker from anti-semitism. I hate to think that now I’d probably agree with him.
Vaclav Havel wrote that refusal to accommodate the communal lie is the first step.
As a practical matter, what can I do to stop it?
I remember some self-righteous loudmouth going door to door in my neighborhood, some years back, collecting signatures for an initiative petition to divest from Israel. I told him to call me back when Hamas disarms, and he got all huffy– made remarks that struck me as a gnat’s whisker from anti-semitism. I hate to think that now I’d probably agree with him.
Vaclav Havel wrote that refusal to accommodate the communal lie is the first step.